DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17516

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17516
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17516.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17516
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00.480Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:03:14.092730Z
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

scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py in Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) 1.19.0 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 / rtv

Package

Name
rtv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rtv?arch=source

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.27.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17516.json"

Debian:12 / rtv

Package

Name
rtv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rtv?arch=source

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.27.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17516.json"