CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2017-17530
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.49%
Original NVD Description
common/help.c in Geomview 1.9.5 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. NOTE: this is disputed by a third party because no untrusted input can be used for the injection