CVE-2017-17523

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    CVE-2017-17523

    Published: 11 Dec 2017Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

    References: https://bugs.debian.org/881767, https://bugs.debian.org/884136, https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5243/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.19.80

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High