Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in scummvm - CVE-2017-17528
Published: December 14, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37757
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17528
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 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.
Affected software
scummvm
Fedora
scummvm
scummvm-tools
Fedora
scummvm
scummvm-tools
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17528
Install update from vendor's website.
scummvm - addressed in versions 2.0.0-1.fc26, 2.0.0-1.fc27, 2.0.0-1.fc28
scummvm-tools - addressed in versions 2.0.0-1.fc26, 2.0.0-1.fc27, 2.0.0-1.fc28
scummvm-tools - addressed in versions 2.0.0-1.fc26, 2.0.0-1.fc27, 2.0.0-1.fc28