High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18266
CVE-2017-18266
Description
The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.
Affected products
6- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xdg-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 1.1.3+20201113-1.2+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.3+20201113-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 20140630-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20140630-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20140630-6.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/nvdPatch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3650-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4211nvdThird Party Advisory
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/nvdRelease Notes
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLognvdRelease Notes
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