CVE-2017-17513

HIGH

TeX Live < 20170524 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm

Description

TeX Live through 20170524 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 linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0128

EPSS Percentile 66.4%

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 (1)

tug/tex_live < 20170524

Published Dec 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026