{"id":"CVE-2017-17512","details":"sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:36:52.266536Z","published":"2017-12-11T06:29:00.270Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/881767"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.11"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17512.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}