Security advisory

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  "id": "f8bb5a6ec966c04d8060cd8b670f392559ccc159002c1549726c505a9d7adb60",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10992",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-10992",
    "summary": "lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument, because the GNU Guile code uses the system Scheme procedure instead of the system* Scheme procedure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17523.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-10992",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-10992",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-10992"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/lilypond/lilypond",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.19.80"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.19.80"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.19.80",
            "release/2.19.80-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10992.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3957207c6d09d663b580a99fc46d4ab48524b99d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:2.19.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.19.80"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.19.80"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.19.80",
            "release/2.19.80-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10992.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.242040398Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/898373"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-10992",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432000,
  "published_at": "2018-05-11T22:29:00.217+00:00"
}