CVE-2017-17521

HIGH

FontForge < 20170731 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0183

EPSS Percentile 76.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-74

Status published

Products (1)

fontforge/fontforge < 20170731

Published Dec 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026