CVE-2017-17526

high

Published 2017-12-14 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Input.cc in Bernard Parisse Giac 1.2.3.57 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17526

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	affected
debian	sid	affected
debian	trixie	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
giac_project	giac	`1.2.3.57`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17526

CWEs

CWE-74

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.