CVE-2017-17534

HIGH

Mensis 0.0.080507 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm

Description

uiutil.c in Mensis 0.0.080507 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17521.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17534

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)

mensis_project/mensis 0.0.080507

Published Dec 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026