CVE-2017-17523

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

2%p81

Published

Dec 11, 2017 (Dec 11, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: lilypond
Products: lilypond
Weakness: CWE-74
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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