{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2017-17522", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "** DISPUTED ** Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "https://bugs.python.org/issue32367", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://bugs.python.org/issue32367" }, { "name" : "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522" }, { "name" : "102207", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207" } ] } }