DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17521

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17521.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17521
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00.683Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:13:01.579593Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20201107~dfsg-4
1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1
1:20220308~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-2
1:20230101~dfsg-3
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

1:20230101~dfsg-1.*

1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-2
1:20230101~dfsg-3
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

1:20230101~dfsg-1.*

1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}