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High RLSA-2026:2230 3 CVEs

Important: fontforge security update

Published Feb 11, 2026 · Updated Feb 11, 2026

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 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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 10 fontforge 0:20230101-14.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 vulnerability in that the …

  • High 8.8

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    FontForge SFD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 vulnerability …

  • High 7.8

    FontForge GUtils BMP File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    FontForge GUtils BMP File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 vulnera…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426423
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426429
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426421