CVE-2017-17521
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.69%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-17521
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/fontforge—no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-17521 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 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 |