Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-15270) in FontForge, a font editor supporting multiple font formats, allows remote code execution via malicious SFD file parsing. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support versions of FontForge. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this vulnerability. The severity is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FontForge contains a remote code execution vulnerability triggered by parsing malicious SFD files. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-15270 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 CodeReady Linux Builder packages. The flaw is related to improper handling of font data leading to potential arbitrary code execution. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix this issue as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:6628.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems. This poses a significant security risk, especially on systems that process untrusted font files using FontForge.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the official security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:6628 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified; applying the update is the recommended action.
Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-15270) in FontForge, a font editor supporting multiple font formats, allows remote code execution via malicious SFD file parsing. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support versions of FontForge. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this vulnerability. The severity is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
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Technical Analysis
FontForge contains a remote code execution vulnerability triggered by parsing malicious SFD files. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-15270 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 CodeReady Linux Builder packages. The flaw is related to improper handling of font data leading to potential arbitrary code execution. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix this issue as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:6628.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems. This poses a significant security risk, especially on systems that process untrusted font files using FontForge.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FontForge packages that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the official security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:6628 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified; applying the update is the recommended action.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:8875
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a248d78e29bf47b50d650ac
Added to database: 06/06/2026, 21:13:28 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 10:53:40 UTC
Last updated: 07/26/2026, 20:51:59 UTC
Views: 42
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