Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting fontforge package, versions <20200314-150200.3.9.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published12 Apr 2025
- disclosed11 Apr 2025
Introduced: 11 Apr 2025
NewCVE-2017-17521 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 fontforge to version 20200314-150200.3.9.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge package and not the fontforge package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.