CVE-2017-17517 is a critical vulnerability affecting Sylpheed through version 3.6, specifically within the libsylph/utils.c component. It allows remote attackers to perform argument-injection attacks by exploiting the lack of validation for strings before launching external programs specified by the BROWSER environment variable, using a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and user interaction, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed_project:sylpheed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.