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High ALSA-2026:6628 1 CVE

Important: fontforge security update

Published Apr 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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 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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 fontforge 20201107-8.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2025-15270

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FontForge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulner…

    FontForge FontForge fontforge fontforge Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15270
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2426434
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-6628.html