VDB
CVE-2017-17521
CVE-2017-17521
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 1.88% · 77.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.88%
77.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | fontforge | 1:20230101~dfsg-7, *, * |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | fontforge | *, 1:20230101~dfsg-1build1, 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | fontforge | 0, *, 1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | fontforge | 20120731.b-5ubuntu1, 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20190801~dfsg-4, 1:20170731~dfsg-1build1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 0, * |
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 13, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17521 third-party-advisory
- https://sources.debian.org/src/fontforge/1:20170731%7Edfsg-1/fontforgeexe/uiutil.c/#L285 third-party-advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17521 third-party-advisory