OS Command Injection in FontForge - CVE-2024-25081

Vulnerability identifier: #VU100255

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25081

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling filenames. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

FontForge
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Anolis OS
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
fontforge (Ubuntu package)
python-fontforge (Ubuntu package)
python3-fontforge (Ubuntu package)
fontforge-devel
fontforge-debuginfo
fontforge-debugsource
fontforge
fontforge-help
fontforge-doc
fontforge (Debian package)
fontforge (Red Hat package)
media-gfx/fontforge

Install updates from vendor's website.

fontforge (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1, 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
python-fontforge (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
python3-fontforge (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1, 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
fontforge-devel - update to 20200314-5
fontforge-debuginfo - update to 20200314-5
fontforge-debugsource - update to 20200314-5
fontforge - update to 20200314-5
fontforge-help - update to 20200314-5
fontforge-doc - addressed in versions 20200314-6.0.1, 20230101-6
fontforge - addressed in versions 20200314-6.0.1, 20230101-6
fontforge (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1, 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
fontforge - update to 20201107-3
fontforge (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 20201107-6.el9, 20201107-6.el9_4
media-gfx/fontforge - update to 20230101-r1
fontforge-devel - update to 20230101-6
fontforge - update to 20230101-11.fc40

• https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5367
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCH22HIO2C6M4BZWF5EYIWVFBXL5BQAH/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/2

• Multiple vulnerabilities in FontForge
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for fontforge
• Debian update for fontforge
• Ubuntu update for fontforge
• Amazon Linux AMI update for fontforge
• Fedora 40 update for fontforge
• openEuler update for fontforge
• Anolis OS update for fontforge
• Anolis OS update for fontforge
• Gentoo update for FontForge
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for fontforge