All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2019-2045-1
ALT-PU-2019-2045-1

Package update fontforge in branch sisyphus

Version20190413-alt1
Published2019-06-13
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2017-17521
HIGH8.8

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.

Published: 2017-12-14Modified: 2025-04-20
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 3.xHIGH 8.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H