CVE-2017-17527

Name	CVE-2017-17527
Description	delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 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: a software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used
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
pasdoc (PTS)	bullseye	0.15.0-2	fixed
	sid, trixie, bookworm	0.16.0-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pasdoc	source	(unstable)	0.15.0-1	unimportant

Notes

https://sources.debian.org/src/pasdoc/0.14.0-1/source/delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas/?hl=63#L63
Marked as unimportant since issue in unused code. MITRE marks CVE as
disputed.