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title: "CVE-2018-1294\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-1294

Publication date 20 March 2018

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1294?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

If a user of Apache Commons Email (typically an application programmer)
passes unvalidated input as the so-called "Bounce Address", and that input
contains line-breaks, then the email details (recipients, contents, etc.)
might be manipulated. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to Commons-Email
1.5. You can mitigate this vulnerability for older versions of Commons
Email by stripping line-breaks from data, that will be passed to
Email.setBounceAddress(String).

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1294?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| commons-email | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [msalvatore](https://launchpad.net/~msalvatore)

"version 1.5 is not affected"

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1294)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1294)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-1294)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1294)

### Other references

* <https://marc.info/?i=CAF8HOZ+J3NkaywfbHuQpHxK9ZXeT4=4Vs9rOwCDiUdnt1QA1Yw@mail.gmail.com>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1294>