{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:37Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17531"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17531"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sources.debian.org/src/global/4.8.6-2/gozilla/gozilla.c/#L269"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17531"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"global","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/global@5.7.1-2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.7.1-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"global","binary_version":"5.7.1-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531.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"}]}