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CVE-2017-6508

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6508 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in the url_parse function of GNU Wget versions up to 1.19.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers by including CRLF sequences within the host subcomponent of a URL. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction and can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0309 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wget
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wget
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wget

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6508Low

wget: CRLF injection in the url_parse function in url.c

Mar 7, 2017

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/wget.git/commit
Patch
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html
ExploitMailing List
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-16
securityfocus.com / bid/96877