High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17521
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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