VDB
CVE-2017-17521
CVE-2017-17521
PUBLISHED
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 0.69% · 72.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.69%
72.3th 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, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 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