CVE-2017-17513
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.51%Published: 12/14/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17513
Description
TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/contextfrom 0
- Debian/texlive-basefrom 0
- Debian/texlive-binfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |