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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17515

CVE-2017-17515

Description

etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 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 third party has indicated that the code to access this environment variable is not enabled in the shipped product

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Affected products

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  • Ecmwf/Metview
    cpe:2.3:a:ecmwf:metview:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Metview/Metviewllm-fuzzy
    Range: =4.7.3

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