CVE-2017-17511

published 2017-12-14

CVE-2017-17511: KildClient 3.1.0 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to…

Priority P3 40 high 8.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

KildClient 3.1.0 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, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	kildclient	< kildclient 3.2.0-1 (bookworm)	kildclient 3.2.0-1 (bookworm)
kildclient	kildclient	—	—
kildclient	kildclient	>= 0 < 3.2.0-1	3.2.0-1
kildclient	kildclient	>= 0 < 3.2.0-1	3.2.0-1
kildclient	kildclient	>= 0 < 3.2.0-1	3.2.0-1
kildclient	kildclient	>= 0 < 3.2.0-1	3.2.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 8.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 8.8 HIGH

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