CVE-2017-17521

EUVD-2017-8681
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.
Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 57%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
fontforgefontforge
𝑥
≤ 20170731
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
fontforge
bookworm
unimportant
bookworm (security)
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
bullseye (security)
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
fontforge
artful
ignored
bionic
needed
cosmic
ignored
disco
ignored
eoan
ignored
focal
needed
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needed
trusty
dne
xenial
needed
zesty
ignored