{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527","details":"** DISPUTED ** delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 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 has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used.","modified":"2025-07-17T16:53:35Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:44:16Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17527"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17527"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sources.debian.org/src/pasdoc/0.14.0-1/source/delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas/?hl=63#L63"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17527"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17527"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pasdoc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pasdoc@0.15.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.15.0-1"}]}],"versions":["0.14.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"pasdoc","binary_version":"0.15.0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}