CVE-2017-18266
N/A
Published: May 10, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxXdg Utils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.1.3
Affected range stops below 1.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcbx_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLogMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3650-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4211Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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