CVE-2017-17513 describes an argument-injection vulnerability in TeX Live through version 20170524. This flaw arises because the software fails to validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, specifically impacting components like mtxrun and lualibs-os.lua. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk, as it allows remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20170524CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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