High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17514
CVE-2017-17514
Description
boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable
Patches
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References
2- github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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