CVE-2017-17531

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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

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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: gnu
Products: global
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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