8.8high
CVE-2017-17513
TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
References
- security-tracker.debian.org /tracker/CVE-2017-17513 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-17513
- NVD: CVE-2017-17513
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