CVE-2017-17531

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

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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-2017-17531

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.6.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`6.6.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.6.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.6.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.6.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	global	`4.8.6`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02

CWEs

CWE-74

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