CVE-2017-17531
N/A
Published: December 14, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobal
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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