CVE-2017-17513

EUVD-2017-8674
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.
Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 65%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
tugtex_live
𝑥
≤ 20170524
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
context
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
bullseye (security)
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
wheezy
not-affected
texlive-base
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
wheezy
not-affected
texlive-bin
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
bullseye (security)
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
wheezy
not-affected
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
context
artful
ignored
bionic
needs-triage
cosmic
ignored
disco
ignored
eoan
ignored
focal
needs-triage
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
dne
xenial
needs-triage
zesty
ignored
texlive-base
artful
ignored
bionic
needed
cosmic
ignored
disco
ignored
eoan
ignored
focal
needed
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needed
trusty
dne
xenial
needed
zesty
ignored
texlive-bin
artful
ignored
bionic
needs-triage
cosmic
ignored
disco
ignored
eoan
ignored
focal
needs-triage
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
dne
xenial
needs-triage
zesty
ignored