CVE-2017-17526 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Bernard Parisse Giac 1.2.3.57, where the Input.cc component fails to validate strings before launching programs specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This flaw allows remote attackers to perform argument-injection attacks through a crafted URL, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.3.57CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:giac_project:giac:1.2.3.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.