CVE-2017-17517: Sylpheed Project Sylpheed

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.

Affected products

• Sylpheed Project Sylpheed: up to and including 3.6

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