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CVE-2017-17517
CVE-2017-17517
PUBLISHED
libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.
EPSS 0.55% · 68.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.55%
68.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | sylpheed | 0, 3.5.0~rc2-1ubuntu1, 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | sylpheed | *, 3.8.0~beta1-1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | sylpheed | 0, 3.8.0~beta1-2ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | sylpheed | 3.5.1-1ubuntu3, 3.5.1-1ubuntu2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sylpheed | 0, 3.7.0-8ubuntu3, 3.7.0-8ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | sylpheed | 3.7.0-6ubuntu1, 3.5.1-1ubuntu5, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17517 third-party-advisory
- https://sources.debian.org/src/sylpheed/3.5.1-1/libsylph/utils.c/?hl=4292#L4292 third-party-advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17517 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17517 third-party-advisory