8.8

CVE-2017-17523: lilypond Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0412UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17523DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17523
Published 11-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17523 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Injection vulnerability in lilypond. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.09%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 2.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.09%

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

Debian1 product
  • lilypond< 2.18.2-12
Lilypond1 product
Mageia1 product
  • lilypond< 2.19.82-1.mga6
Ubuntu1 product
  • lilypondAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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