UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17523

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17523
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17523.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17523
Upstream
Published
2017-12-11T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:32Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lilypond

Package

Name
lilypond
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lilypond@2.18.2-4.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.18.2-4
2.18.2-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-data",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-cs",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-de",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-es",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-fr",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-hu",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-it",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-ja",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-nl",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-html-zh",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-de",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-es",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-fr",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-hu",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-it",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lilypond-doc-pdf-nl",
            "binary_version": "2.18.2-4.1"
        }
    ]
}