cve/2017/CVE-2017-16042.md

### [CVE-2017-16042](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16042)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=growl%20node%20module&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Code%20Injection%20(CWE-94)&color=brighgreen)

### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Aviortheking/code-stats-vscode
- https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-16042
- https://github.com/seal-community/patches