CVE-2017-17517

Name	CVE-2017-17517
Description	libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
sylpheed (PTS)	jessie	3.5.0~beta1~r3426-1	vulnerable
	stretch	3.5.1-2	vulnerable
	buster	3.7.0-4	vulnerable
	bullseye	3.7.0-8	vulnerable
	bookworm	3.8.0~beta1-1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	3.8.0~beta1-2	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
sylpheed	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

https://sources.debian.org/src/sylpheed/3.5.1-1/libsylph/utils.c/?hl=4292#L4292