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swi-prolog — security advisory
library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.
- Products
- swi-prolog
- Affected versions
- 7.2.0-2, 7.2.0-3, 7.2.3-2, 7.4.2+dfsg-2, 7.6.1+dfsg-2, 7.6.1+dfsg-3, 7.6.2+dfsg-1, 7.6.4+dfsg-1build1, 7.6.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2, 8.2.4+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 8.4.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1, 9.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1, 9.0.4+dfsg-3.1ubuntu3, 9.0.4+dfsg-3.1ubuntu4, 9.0.4+dfsg-3ubuntu1, 9.2.9+dfsg-1, 9.2.9+dfsg-1.1, 9.2.9+dfsg-1.1build1, 9.2.9+dfsg-1.1ubuntu1, 9.2.9+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-17524
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17524
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Complete source record
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