Is CVE-2017-17512 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-17512 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-17512?

CVE-2017-17512 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-17512?

CVE-2017-17512 has an EPSS score of 2.22% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17512?

Upgrade sensible-utils on debian 11 to 0.0.11 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-17512

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

sensible-utilsDebian

Fixed in:0.0.11CVE-2017-17512

sensible-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3584-1

Fixed in:0.0.9ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3584-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.debian.org

Vendor Advisory1

metadata.ftp-master.debian.org

Third-Party Advisory1

debian.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-74 (Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2013-2251	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-22527	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-2725	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-35914	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-17558	High	7.5	99%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.