CVE-2017-17514

HIGH

nip2 8.4.0 - Command Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0169
EPSS Percentile 74.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
nip2_project/nip2 8.4.0
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026