CVE-2017-17512

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 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.

CVSS 3.0

8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-74

Published

2017-12-11

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• sensible-utils_project:sensible-utils

References

• http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog
• https://bugs.debian.org/881767
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071

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