Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FontForge, a font editor supporting various font formats. These include remote code execution via a heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279), remote code execution via a use-after-free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269), and arbitrary code execution via an SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275). The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FontForge contains multiple vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution through memory corruption issues: 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 various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and CodeReady Linux Builder packages. Red Hat Product Security has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2039.
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 could lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges of the FontForge process. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as soon as possible. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory, which provides an official fix.
Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FontForge, a font editor supporting various font formats. These include remote code execution via a heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279), remote code execution via a use-after-free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269), and arbitrary code execution via an SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275). The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
FontForge contains multiple vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution through memory corruption issues: 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 various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and CodeReady Linux Builder packages. Red Hat Product Security has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2039.
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 could lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges of the FontForge process. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as soon as possible. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory, which provides an official fix.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2039
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-15275","CVE-2025-15279"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a248d78e29bf47b50d6532c
Added to database: 6/6/2026, 9:13:28 PM
Last enriched: 6/6/2026, 9:19:50 PM
Last updated: 6/7/2026, 6:22:11 AM
Views: 8
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