CVE-2017-17513
No fix known EPSS 1%
TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.
Products: tug tex_live
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | context | no fix |
| Debian 12 | texlive-base | no fix |
| Debian 12 | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Debian 13 | context | no fix |
| Debian 13 | texlive-base | no fix |
| Debian 13 | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Debian 14 | context | no fix |
| Debian 14 | texlive-base | no fix |
| Debian 14 | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | context | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | texlive-base | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | texlive-bin | no fix |