CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17517

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Dec 14, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sylpheed Sylpheed_project * 3.6 (including)
Sylpheed Ubuntu artful *
Sylpheed Ubuntu bionic *
Sylpheed Ubuntu cosmic *
Sylpheed Ubuntu devel *
Sylpheed Ubuntu disco *
Sylpheed Ubuntu eoan *
Sylpheed Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Sylpheed Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Sylpheed Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Sylpheed Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Sylpheed Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Sylpheed Ubuntu focal *
Sylpheed Ubuntu groovy *
Sylpheed Ubuntu hirsute *
Sylpheed Ubuntu impish *
Sylpheed Ubuntu jammy *
Sylpheed Ubuntu kinetic *
Sylpheed Ubuntu lunar *
Sylpheed Ubuntu mantic *
Sylpheed Ubuntu noble *
Sylpheed Ubuntu oracular *
Sylpheed Ubuntu trusty *
Sylpheed Ubuntu upstream *
Sylpheed Ubuntu xenial *
Sylpheed Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References