vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-17530: geomview -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 15, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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