Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting fontforge package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FONTFORGE-294857
  • published14 Dec 2017
  • disclosed14 Dec 2017

Introduced: 14 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 fontforge.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge package and not the fontforge package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.