{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17534","details":"uiutil.c in Mensis 0.0.080507 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17521.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:37Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17534"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17534"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sources.debian.org/src/mensis/0.0.080507-4/uiutil.c/?hl=293#L428"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17534"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17534"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mensis","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mensis@0.0.080507-4?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.080507-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.0.080507-4","binary_name":"mensis"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17534.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"}]}