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 conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-12-14

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-74

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Kildclient (Kildclient)

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511