PT-2019-14394 · Fontforge+1 · Fontforge+1

Khaledhosny · Published 2019-08-29 · Updated 2020-03-22 · CVE-2019-15785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FontForge versions 20190813 through 20190820

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the PrefsUI LoadPrefs function located in prefs.c.

Recommendations For FontForge versions 20190813 through 20190820, consider updating to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as no specific mitigation measures are provided for these versions.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1542

CVE-2019-15785

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Fontforge

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/3886 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15785 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/commit/626f751752875a0ddd74b9e217b6f4828713573c · Note