CVE-2017-17511

HIGH

KildClient 3.1.0 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

KildClient 3.1.0 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, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0169
EPSS Percentile 74.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
kildclient/kildclient 3.1.0
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026