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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xdg-utils

Package

Name
xdg-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / xdg-utils

Package

Name
xdg-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / xdg-utils

Package

Name
xdg-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xdg-utils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

Other

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v1.*

v1.0
v1.0-beta1
v1.0-beta3
v1.0-beta4
v1.0-rc1
v1.0.1
v1.0.2
v1.1.0
v1.1.0-rc1
v1.1.0-rc2
v1.1.0-rc3
v1.1.1
v1.1.2