CVE-2017-17513

High

Description

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductTug Tex Live
PublishedDec 14, 2017
First seenDec 14, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tug tex_livev ≤ 20170524—

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