CVE catalog
CVE-2017-9801
commons-email: CVE-2017-9801
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.04% · Oct 25, 2026
When a call-site passes a subject for an email that contains line-breaks in Apache Commons Email 1.0 through 1.4, the caller can add arbitrary SMTP headers.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | commons-email | sid | 1.6.0-1 | not affected |
| Debian | commons-email | forky | 1.6.0-1 | not affected |
| Debian | commons-email | trixie | 1.5-3 | not affected |
| Debian | commons-email | bookworm | 1.5-3 | not affected |
| Opensuse | apache-commons-email | tumbleweed | 1.5-3.10 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | commons-email | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | commons-email | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | commons-email | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | commons-email | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | apache-commons-email | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.5-3.10 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10619-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [apache-commons-email-javadoc]Unknown
Source package: [apache-commons-email]
Details (1)
1.6.0-1.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.5-3.10Version impact unknown
dsa · apache-commons-email · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [apache-commons-email]Fixed
Source package: [apache-commons-email]
Details (1)
1.6.0-1.3· noarch · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
1.5-3.10dsa · apache-commons-email · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libcommons-email-java]Not affected
Source package: [commons-email]
Details (2)
1.5-3· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · commons-email · debian · bookworm
1.5-3· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · commons-email · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10619-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10619-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9801]
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