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
Link Resource
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-14T16:00:00

Updated: 2017-12-14T15:57:01

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-17521

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.683

Modified: 2020-01-13T14:23:36.850


Link: CVE-2017-17521

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE