CVE-2017-17517

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17517
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17517.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17517
Related
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-08T04:36:24.414569Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sylpheed

Package

Name
sylpheed
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sylpheed?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.0-8
3.8.0~beta1-1
3.8.0~beta1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / sylpheed

Package

Name
sylpheed
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sylpheed?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.8.0~beta1-1
3.8.0~beta1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / sylpheed

Package

Name
sylpheed
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sylpheed?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.8.0~beta1-1
3.8.0~beta1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}