https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526142

            Bug ID: 1526142
           Summary: CVE-2017-17521 fontforge: Command injetion in help
                    function uiutil.c
           Product: Security Response
         Component: vulnerability
          Keywords: Security
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected]



A flaw was found in FontForge through 20170731. uiutil.c 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:

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17521

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