{"id":"CVE-2017-17514","details":"boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable","modified":"2026-03-15T14:26:52.778934Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00.370Z","references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17514.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.4.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"10.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}