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CVE-2017-17523
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-11T06:29:00.300 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:55.290

Summary

lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

Affected products

lilypond — lilypond

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References

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