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alsa-2026:7677
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2026-04-13 00:00
Modified
2026-04-15 07:47
Summary
Important: fontforge security update
Details

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)
  • fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via malicious SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15270)

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": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8",
        "name": "fontforge"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "20200314-7.el8_10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.   \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279)\n  * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269)\n  * fontforge: FontForge: Arbitrary code execution via SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275)\n  * fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via malicious SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15270)\n\n\nFor 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.\n",
  "id": "ALSA-2026:7677",
  "modified": "2026-04-15T07:47:47Z",
  "published": "2026-04-13T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7677"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15269"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15270"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15275"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15279"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2426421"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2426423"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2426429"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2426434"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-7677.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2025-15279",
    "CVE-2025-15269",
    "CVE-2025-15275",
    "CVE-2025-15270"
  ],
  "summary": "Important: fontforge security update"
}



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