CVE-2017-17524

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17524
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17524.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17524
Related
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-04-20T03:49:45.438299Z
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

library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / swi-prolog

Package

Name
swi-prolog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/swi-prolog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.2.4+dfsg-1
8.4.2+dfsg-1
8.4.2+dfsg-2
8.4.3+dfsg-1
8.4.3+dfsg-2

9.*

9.0.0+dfsg-1
9.0.0+dfsg-1+0.riscv64.1
9.0.2+dfsg-1
9.0.3+dfsg-1
9.0.4+dfsg-1
9.0.4+dfsg-2
9.0.4+dfsg-3
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1~exp1
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1
9.0.4+dfsg-4
9.2.8+dfsg-1
9.2.8+dfsg-2
9.2.8+dfsg-3
9.2.9+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / swi-prolog

Package

Name
swi-prolog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/swi-prolog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.0.4+dfsg-2
9.0.4+dfsg-3
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1~exp1
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1
9.0.4+dfsg-4
9.2.8+dfsg-1
9.2.8+dfsg-2
9.2.8+dfsg-3
9.2.9+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / swi-prolog

Package

Name
swi-prolog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/swi-prolog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.0.4+dfsg-2
9.0.4+dfsg-3
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1~exp1
9.0.4+dfsg-3.1
9.0.4+dfsg-4
9.2.8+dfsg-1
9.2.8+dfsg-2
9.2.8+dfsg-3
9.2.9+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Git / github.com/swi-prolog/swipl-devel

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/swi-prolog/swipl-devel
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
3403a6fd9c71ddf0ed8a7177a3214dc56b336aa6