Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Affecting rtv package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-RTV-6810413
  • published7 May 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2017-17516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for rtv.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') due to not validating strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL.

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