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CVE-2017-17516 Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV) vulnerable to argument injection attacks

HighCVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi rtv(PyPI) <= 1.19.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0.post1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a2 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a3 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a4 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a5 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a6 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a7 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a8 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.0a9 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.1.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.1.2 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.10.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.11.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.12.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.12.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.13.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.13.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.14.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.15.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.15.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.16.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.17.0 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.17.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.18.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.19.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.2 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.2.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.2.2 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.3 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.4 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.4.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.4.2 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.5 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.6 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.6.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.7.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.8.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.8.1 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.9.0 No fix listed
pypi rtv(PyPI) = 1.9.1 No fix listed
debian/rtv(Debian:12) All versions No fix listed
debian/rtv(Debian:12) = 1.27.0+dfsg-2 No fix listed
reddit terminal viewer project reddit terminal viewer = 1.19.0 No fix listed
ubuntu/rtv(Ubuntu:24.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/rtv(Ubuntu:22.04) All versions No fix listed

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