Argument-Injection Vulnerability in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 via Unvalidated Strings in BROWSER Environment Variable

CVE-2017-17531 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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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