CVE-2017-17524

HIGH

SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 - Command Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17524

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0122
EPSS Percentile 64.9%
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)
swi-prolog/swi-prolog 7.2.3
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026