Heap-based buffer overflow in FontForge - CVE-2025-15272

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Heap-based buffer overflow in FontForge - CVE-2025-15272

Published: January 8, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121109
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-2025-15272
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted SFD file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

FontForge
Anolis OS
fontforge
fontforge-devel
fontforge-doc

How to mitigate CVE-2025-15272

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

fontforge - update to 20251009-1
fontforge-devel - update to 20251009-1
fontforge-doc - update to 20251009-1

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