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CVE-2017-17514
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-14T16:29:00.370 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:54.230

Summary

boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable

Affected products

nip2_project — nip2

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References

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