CVE-2017-17513 | BDVDB-2026-94112 Detail

Description#

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-12-14Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.