CVE-2017-17523
N/A
Published: December 11, 2017 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLilypond
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/881767x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/884136x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5243/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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