CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17522
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting
Affected configurations
• python python (<= 3.6.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32367 bugs.python.org
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32367 bugs.python.org
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory