CVE-2017-17521

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
NISTNIST
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
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 48%
VendorProductVersion
fontforgefontforge
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≤ 20170731
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
fontforge
bullseye (security)
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
bookworm (security)
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
fontforge
noble
needed
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needed
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needed
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
needed
artful
ignored
zesty
ignored
xenial
needed
trusty
dne