CVE-2017-18266 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-18266 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.00% · 76.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.00%

76.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	xdg-utils	0, 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7, 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	xdg-utils	1.1.2-1ubuntu2, 0, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	xdg-utils	0, 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu2, 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3

Timeline

May 10, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18266 third-party-advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3650-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18266 third-party-advisory

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