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TI-2019-11856 Aliases CVE-2019-15785GHSA-qp2p-2wx4-5vff

FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02653 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 20190801VulnerableFontForge
  • cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 20190801 Vulnerable ·FontForge

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15785
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qp2p-2wx4-5vff

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-32277 FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the utf7toutf8_copy function at /fontforge/sfd.c. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-32275 FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-04474 FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-04441 FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-12798 uiutil.c in FontForge through 20170731 does not validate strings before launching the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-13955 Use after free in FontForge CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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