CVE-2017-17514 — boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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

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HIGH

boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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

Published Dec 14, 2017

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.69%

Description

boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable

Affected products

Vendor Debian Product Debian Linux Default
n/a
- Version
  10.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  8.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  9.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Nip2 Project Product Nip2 Default
n/a
- Version
  8.4.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Debian

Debian Linux

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
10.0	affected	-
8.0	affected	-
9.0	affected	-

Nip2 Project

Nip2

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
8.4.0	affected	-

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://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514		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-2017-17514

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 23, 2024

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-17514

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-17514