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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17523

CVE-2017-17523

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Lilypond/Lilypond2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =2.19.80

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