CVE-2017-18266
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.0%xdg-utils - security update
Published: 5/10/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18266
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/xdg-utilsfrom 0, < 1.1.3-1
- Debian/xdg-utilsfrom 0, < 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6+deb7u4
- Debian/xdg-utilsfrom 0, < 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4+deb8u1
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 |