CVE-2017-17530

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

common/help.c in Geomview 1.9.5 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: this is disputed by a third party because no untrusted input can be used for the injection

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 14, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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