CVE-2017-17528 — backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 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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backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 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 3.0

EPSS 1.64%

Description

backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.64% 0.01643

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

EPSS probability 0.01643

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.64% (0.01643)	75.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.64% (0.01643)	73.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.20% (0.00202)	58.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	0.20% (0.00202)	56.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.14% (0.00142)	48.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	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	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.56% (0.00556)	12.63th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.56% (0.00556)	33.69th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.56% (0.00556)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-74

References (1)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17528
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17528		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-2017-17528

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-17528

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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