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CVE-2017-17513

TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the...

8.8 High

CVE-2017-17513 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Tug Tex Live, published December 14, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.28%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
CVE-2017-17513
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-74
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
CVE-2017-17513
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8674 No score

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
EUVD-2017-8674
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5fq9-qwgg-j7pg 8.8

TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the...

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
GHSA-5fq9-qwgg-j7pg
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-74
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
CVE-2017-17513
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-17513 8.8

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17513
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17513 8.8

TeX Live through 20170524 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, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17513
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
context
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
2021.03.05.20230120+dfsg-12021.03.05.20230120+dfsg-1+deb12u12021.03.05.20230120+dfsg-22023.05.05.20230730+dfsg-12023.05.05.20230730+dfsg-2
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2024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-12024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-12025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-32025.09.21.20251026+dfsg-1
 None known
context
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-12025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-32025.09.21.20251026+dfsg-1
 None known
context
Debian:14
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-12025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-32025.09.21.20251026+dfsg-1
 None known
texlive-base
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
2022.20230122-32023.20230613-12023.20230613-22023.20230613-32023.20231007-1
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2023.20231207-12023.20240207-12024.20240401-12024.20240401-22024.20240401-32024.20240706-12024.20240829-12024.20240829-22024.20241102-12024.20241115-12024.20250114-12024.20250309-12025.20250727-12025.20250727-22025.20250727-32025.20250927-12025.20250927-22025.20250927-32025.20250927-42025.20251127-12025.20260124-12026.20260328-12026.20260328-22026.20260328-32026.20260328-42026.20260527-12026.20260527-22026.20260527-32026.20260711-12026.20260711-2
 None known
texlive-base
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20250309-12025.20250727-12025.20250727-22025.20250727-32025.20250927-1
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2025.20250927-22025.20250927-32025.20250927-42025.20251127-12025.20260124-12026.20260328-12026.20260328-22026.20260328-32026.20260328-42026.20260527-12026.20260527-22026.20260527-32026.20260711-12026.20260711-2
 None known
texlive-base
Debian:14
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20250309-12025.20250727-12025.20250727-22025.20250727-32025.20250927-1
Show 14 moreShow less
2025.20250927-22025.20250927-32025.20250927-42025.20251127-12025.20260124-12026.20260328-12026.20260328-22026.20260328-32026.20260328-42026.20260527-12026.20260527-22026.20260527-32026.20260711-12026.20260711-2
 None known
texlive-bin
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
2022.20220321.62855-5.12022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u12022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u22022.20220321.62855-62022.20220321.62855-7
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2022.20220321.62855-82023.20230311.66589-12023.20230311.66589-22023.20230311.66589-32023.20230311.66589-42023.20230311.66589-52023.20230311.66589-62023.20230311.66589-72023.20230311.66589-82023.20230311.66589-92024.20240313.70630+ds-12024.20240313.70630+ds-22024.20240313.70630+ds-32024.20240313.70630+ds-42024.20240313.70630+ds-52024.20240313.70630+ds-62025.20250727.75242+ds-12025.20250727.75242+ds-22025.20250727.75242+ds-32025.20250727.75242+ds-42025.20250727.75242+ds-52025.20250727.75242+ds-5~hurd.12026.20260303.78225+ds-12026.20260303.78225+ds-22026.20260303.78225+ds-32026.20260303.78225+ds-42026.20260303.78225+ds-5
 None known
texlive-bin
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20240313.70630+ds-62025.20250727.75242+ds-12025.20250727.75242+ds-22025.20250727.75242+ds-32025.20250727.75242+ds-4
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2025.20250727.75242+ds-52025.20250727.75242+ds-5~hurd.12026.20260303.78225+ds-12026.20260303.78225+ds-22026.20260303.78225+ds-32026.20260303.78225+ds-42026.20260303.78225+ds-5
 None known
texlive-bin
Debian:14
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20240313.70630+ds-62025.20250727.75242+ds-12025.20250727.75242+ds-22025.20250727.75242+ds-32025.20250727.75242+ds-4
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2025.20250727.75242+ds-52025.20250727.75242+ds-5~hurd.12026.20260303.78225+ds-12026.20260303.78225+ds-22026.20260303.78225+ds-32026.20260303.78225+ds-42026.20260303.78225+ds-5
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2015.20150625-1ubuntu12015.20151116-1ubuntu12015.20151225-12015.20160117-12015.20160215-12015.20160223-12015.20160320-12015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
 None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2015.20150524.37493-5build12015.20150524.37493-72015.20150524.37493-7build12015.20150524.37493-7build42015.20160222.37495-12015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.12015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
 None known
context
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2015.05.18.20150601-2
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2017.20170818-12017.20171031-12017.20171128-12017.20180110-12017.20180225-12017.20180305-1
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2017.20170613.44572-5build12017.20170613.44572-5build22017.20170613.44572-62017.20170613.44572-6build12017.20170613.44572-6ubuntu1
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2017.20170613.44572-8build12017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.12017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.22017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1
 None known
context
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2017.05.15.20170613-2
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2019.20190605.51237-2build12019.20190605.51237-32019.20190605.51237-3build12019.20190605.51237-3build22019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.12019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.22019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1
 None known
context
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2019.03.21.20190425-2
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2019.20190710-12019.20191112-12019.20191208-42019.20191208-4ubuntu22019.20200218-1
 None known
context
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2020.03.10.20200331-12021.03.05.20220211-1
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2020.20210202-32021.20211127-12021.20211217-12021.20220204-1
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2020.20200327.54578-72020.20200327.54578-7build12021.20210626.59705-12021.20210626.59705-1build12021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.12021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.22021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.3
 None known
context
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2021.03.05.20230120+dfsg-22023.05.05.20230730+dfsg-2
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2023.20230613-32023.20231007-12023.20231207-12023.20240207-1
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2023.20230311.66589-62023.20230311.66589-72023.20230311.66589-82023.20230311.66589-8build12023.20230311.66589-92023.20230311.66589-9build22023.20230311.66589-9build3
 None known
context
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-2
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20250309-1
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20240313.70630+ds-62024.20240313.70630+ds-6ubuntu2
 None known
context
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2025.09.21.20251026+dfsg-1
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2025.20260124-12026.20260527-32026.20260711-2
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2025.20250727.75242+ds-5build12026.20260303.78225+ds-42026.20260303.78225+ds-5ubuntu1
 None known
context
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.04.01.20240428+dfsg-22025.03.05.20250324+dfsg-32025.09.21.20251026+dfsg-1
 None known
texlive-base
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20250309-12025.20251127-12025.20260124-1
 None known
texlive-bin
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2024.20240313.70630+ds-6ubuntu22025.20250727.75242+ds-4ubuntu22025.20250727.75242+ds-52025.20250727.75242+ds-5build1
 None known

History

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