CVE-2016-10074

Publication date 30 December 2016

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender header.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libphp-swiftmailer 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.2-1.1
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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