CVE-2017-17531 (GCVE-0-2017-17531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
VLAI
Summary
gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2… x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2017-12-14 00:00
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