CVE-2018-10992

Published May 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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, because the GNU Guile code uses the system Scheme procedure instead of the system* Scheme procedure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17523.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3043 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, because the GNU Guile code uses the system Scheme procedure instead of the system* Scheme procedure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17523.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:54 AM
Reserved
May 11, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 11, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:35 AM