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GHSA-fc69-2v7r-7r95
GHSA-fc69-2v7r-7r95
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
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 3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-fc69-2v7r-7r95
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17512 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071 url
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog url
- https://bugs.debian.org/881767 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html url