CVE-2017-17528: Scummvm

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

backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 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.

Affected products

• Scummvm Scummvm: version 1.9.0 only

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