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TI-2025-32275 Aliases CVE-2025-50949GHSA-hw5f-q2pp-q95m

FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8.

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-401Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0026 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

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:2023-01-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2023-01-01VulnerableFontForge
  • cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:2023-01-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2023-01-01 Vulnerable ·FontForge

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-50949
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw5f-q2pp-q95m

References

Patch 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-2019-11856 FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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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