CVE-2017-16042
N/A
Published: June 4, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGrowl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 1.10.2
Affected range stops below 1.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94CWE-78
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