Fedora 42 FontForge Critical Remote Code Execution CVE-2025-15270
fedora
March 27, 2026
Resolves: CVE-2025-15270
Summary
FontForge (former PfaEdit) 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.
Update Information:
Resolves: CVE-2025-15270
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Mar 18 2026 Parag Nemade
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2426579 - CVE-2025-15270 fontforge: FontForge SFD File Parsing Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [fedora-42]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426579
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-3dbd8c4b89' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: fontforge
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 20230101
Release: 19.fc42
Summary: Outline and bitmap font editor
Topics Covered
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