CVE-2017-17530

HIGH

Geomview 1.9.5 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

common/help.c in Geomview 1.9.5 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: this is disputed by a third party because no untrusted input can be used for the injection

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17530
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/650894#c2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0149
EPSS Percentile 71.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (1)
geomview/geomview 1.9.5
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026