CVE-2017-17516

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py in Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) 1.19.0 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17516
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-14T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-29T15:39:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:reddit_terminal_viewer_project:reddit_terminal_viewer:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17516 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17516
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17516
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:53:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:04:01 2017-12-14T16:29Z 2017-12-14T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:04:01 2017-12-29T15:39:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:04:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated