CVE-2017-18266
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18266
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18266.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-18266
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-05-10T14:29:00.207Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-23T01:34:42.751239Z
- Severity
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- 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
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The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.
- References
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- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3650-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4211
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed