CVE-2017-17523

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17523
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17523.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17523
Downstream
Published
2017-12-11T06:29:00.300Z
Modified
2026-07-09T01:26:03.168315Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/lilypond/lilypond

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/lilypond/lilypond
Events
Introduced
3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d
Last affected
3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.19.80"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.19.80"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.19.80
release/2.*
release/2.19.80-1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17523.json"

Git / gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond
Events
Introduced
3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d
Last affected
3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.19.80"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.19.80"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.19.80
release/2.*
release/2.19.80-1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17523.json"