CVE-2017-17531 — gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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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gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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 1.23%

Description

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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

1.23% 0.01228

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

EPSS probability 0.01228

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	1.23% (0.01228)	67.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.23% (0.01228)	67.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.22% (0.00222)	61.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.22% (0.00222)	60.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00222)	58.70th	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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Link	Providers	Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

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-2017-17531

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-17531

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-17531