DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17512

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17512 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

8.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	sensible-utils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	sensible-utils	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	sensible-utils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	sensible-utils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Dec 11, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17512 advisory

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