CVE-2017-18266
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18266
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18266.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-18266
- Related
- Published
- 2018-05-10T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-16T01:58:03.980395Z
- 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
-
The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.
- References
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- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4211
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3650-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18266
Affected packages
Debian:11 / xdg-utils
Package
- Name
- xdg-utils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source
Debian:12 / xdg-utils
Package
- Name
- xdg-utils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source
Debian:13 / xdg-utils
Package
- Name
- xdg-utils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source