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CVE-2017-17523

Date: December 11, 2017

lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17523
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17523
https://bugs.debian.org/884136
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17523
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5243/
https://bugs.debian.org/881767
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17523

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-74

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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