CVE-2017-17523

high

Published 2017-12-11 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.18.2-12`
sid	Fixed	`2.18.2-12`
forky	Fixed	`2.18.2-12`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.18.2-12`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.18.2-12`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
lilypond	lilypond	`2.19.80`

References

CWEs

CWE-74

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.