CVE-2017-17524

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Dec 14, 2017 (Dec 14, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.

Vendors: swi-prolog
Products: swi-prolog
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 (1.2%)

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