CVE-2017-17511: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

KildClient 3.1.0 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 prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Kildclient Kildclient: version 3.1.0 only

Published 2017-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.