PT-2025-53825 · Fontforge+1 · Fontforge+1

Volticks · Published 2025-01-01 · Updated 2025-12-31 · CVE-2025-15278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FontForge (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in FontForge within the parsing of pixels within XBM files. The issue stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied data, leading to an integer overflow during buffer allocation. This can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. User interaction is required, such as visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file, to trigger the issue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-15278

ZDI-25-1185

Affected Products

Debian

Fontforge

References · 11

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-1185 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15278 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15278 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41046 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2006332194705539406 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/pulsepatchio/status/2006377949830754712 · Twitter Post