Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-18266
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.014
EPSS Ranking 79.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
Products affected by CVE-2017-18266
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0