scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py in Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) 1.19.0 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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2091 scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py in Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) 1.19.0 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-336h-q7mh-8vf8 Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) vulnerable to argument injection attacks
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:31.921Z

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17516

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.480

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17516

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