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

CVE-2017-17517

CVE-2017-17517

Description

libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.

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Affected products

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  • Sylpheed/Sylpheedinferred3 versions
    <=3.6+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: <=3.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed_project:sylpheed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.6
    • (no CPE)range: <=3.6

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