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CVE-2017-17530

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

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

Affected products

• Geomview: 1.9.5

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/650894#c2
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17530
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/650894#c2
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17530

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