Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts. Security Fix(es): * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279) * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269) * fontforge: FontForge: Arbitrary code execution via SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FontForge contains multiple critical security flaws that allow remote code execution through memory corruption vulnerabilities: a heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279), a use-after-free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269), and a buffer overflow in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15275). These vulnerabilities affect the FontForge package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat has released updated packages to remediate these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:8937.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems running vulnerable versions of FontForge. This poses a high security risk, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:8937 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation actions are specified beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Description
FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts. Security Fix(es): * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279) * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269) * fontforge: FontForge: Arbitrary code execution via SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
FontForge contains multiple critical security flaws that allow remote code execution through memory corruption vulnerabilities: a heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279), a use-after-free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269), and a buffer overflow in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15275). These vulnerabilities affect the FontForge package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat has released updated packages to remediate these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:8937.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems running vulnerable versions of FontForge. This poses a high security risk, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:8937 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation actions are specified beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:8937
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-15275","CVE-2025-15279"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a248d78e29bf47b50d650a0
Added to database: 06/06/2026, 21:13:28 UTC
Last enriched: 07/07/2026, 00:45:42 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 71
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