Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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 software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.298Z
Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-17522

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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.713
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:18:05.550
Link: CVE-2017-17522
