CVE-2017-16043

Q: How do I fix CVE-2017-16043?

Upgrade shout to 0.50.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2017-16043 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-16043 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2017-16043?

CVE-2017-16043 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2017-16043 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for shout (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Shout is an IRC client. Because the `/topic` command in messages is unescaped, attackers have the ability to inject HTML scripts that will run in the victim's browser. Affects shout >=0.44.0 <=0.49.3.

CWE-80 CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

shoutNVD

Affected:>= 0.44.0, < 0.50.0Fixed in:0.50.0CVE-2017-16043derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2017-16043?

Upgrade shout to 0.50.0 or later.

Is CVE-2017-16043 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-16043 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2017-16043?

CVE-2017-16043 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2017-16043 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for shout (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.