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CVE-2017-17514

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—
Severity8.8High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability1.69 %higher than 77% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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

CVSS

Base score
8.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.69 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
77
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Debian — Debian LinuxNip2 Project — Nip2

CWEs

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