Memory leak in FontForge - CVE-2025-50949
Published: October 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117704
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50949
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: fontforge.org
Affected software:
FontForge
FontForge
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the DlgCreate8() function in gdraw/gaskdlg.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-50949
Install updates from vendor's website.