CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-17516
High (8.8) in reddit terminal viewer project reddit terminal viewer. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py in Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) 1.19.0 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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-74
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- reddit_terminal_viewer_project:reddit_terminal_viewer
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-336h-q7mh-8vf8 | PyPI | rtv | <=1.19.0 | no fix published |
| PYSEC-2026-914 | PyPI | rtv | <=1.19.0 | no fix published |