texlive: Command injection in mswin/mtxrun.lua and lualibs/lualibs-os.lua
Published Dec 14, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.28%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
texlive
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
texlive
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
texlive
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
texlive
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | texlive | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | texlive | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | texlive | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | texlive | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of texlive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01281) | 69.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01281) | 66.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00536) | 64.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.56% (0.01564) | 69.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00241) | 64.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00241) | 63.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00241) | 60.25th | 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 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 13.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17513 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526167 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17513
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17513
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17513 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526167 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17513 | ||
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17513 |
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