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CVE-2017-18266
Published: May 10, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog
x_refsource_MISC
USN-3650-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1384-1] xdg-utils security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-4211
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
x_refsource_MISC
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