CVE-2017-17514

** DISPUTED ** boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable.

Date published : 2017-12-14

https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514