8.8

CVE-2017-17513: tug tex_live Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17513DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17513
Published 14-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17513 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Injection vulnerability in tug tex_live. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • contextAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • texlive-baseAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • texlive-binAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu3 products
  • contextAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • texlive-baseAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • texlive-binAll versions (No fix recorded)
Tug1 product

3 vendors · 7 products

References

6 links