CVE-2017-17531

HIGH

GNU GLOBAL - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm

Description

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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 (2)

Core 2

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 64.7%

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)

gnu/global 4.8.6

Published Dec 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026