CVE-2017-17521
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.69%Published: 12/14/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17521
Description
uiutil.c in FontForge through 20170731 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17534.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/fontforgefrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |