CVE-2017-17522
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.56%Published: 12/14/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17522
Description
Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/jythonfrom 0
- Debian/python2.7from 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 |