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High
CVE-2017-17521
uiutil.c in FontForge through 20170731 does not validate strings before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 14th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.