{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17530","details":"common/help.c in Geomview 1.9.5 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: this is disputed by a third party because no untrusted input can be used for the injection","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:45.913677015Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00.997Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17530"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17530"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"geomview","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/geomview?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.5-4","1.9.5-4.1","1.9.5-4.1~exp1","1.9.5-5","1.9.5-6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17530.json"}},{"package":{"name":"geomview","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/geomview?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.5-5","1.9.5-6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17530.json"}},{"package":{"name":"geomview","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/geomview?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.5-5","1.9.5-6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17530.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}