CVE-2017-17514
boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- nip2 project/nip2 · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.