CVE-2017-17514 (GCVE-0-2017-17514)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux Affected: 8.0
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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debian debian_linux Affected: 9.0
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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debian debian_linux Affected: 10.0
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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nip2_project nip2 Affected: 8.4.0
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Date Public
2017-12-14 00:00
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