CVE-2017-17514

moderate-risk
Published 2017-12-14

boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable

Do I need to act?

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0.56% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Nip2

Affected Vendors

Debian Nip2 Project

References (4)

Issue Tracking https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70
Issue Tracking https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514
Issue Tracking https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70
Issue Tracking https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low