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.
Risk Information
Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.363
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1(Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6) fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1(Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6) fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1(Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6) fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
Patch Details
No records foundReferences
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234