CVE-2017-17515: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 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 third party has indicated that the code to access this environment variable is not enabled in the shipped product

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Ecmwf Metview: version 4.7.3 only

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