CVE-2017-17511 — KildClient 3.1.0 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 prefs.c and worldgui.c

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HIGH

KildClient 3.1.0 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 prefs.c and worldgui.c

Published Dec 14, 2017

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.69%

Description

KildClient 3.1.0 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 prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.69% 0.01685

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01685

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.69% (0.01685)	76.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.69% (0.01685)	75.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.16% (0.00160)	52.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.16% (0.00160)	51.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.28% (0.00283)	63.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.83% (0.00833)	24.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.83% (0.00833)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-74

References (2)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 14, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 11, 2017

Link CVE-2017-17511

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-17511

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-17511