Issued at: 2026-04-14
Updated at: 2026-04-15
Synopsis
Important: fontforge security update
Description
FontForge 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.
Security Fix(es):
* fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (CVE-2025-15279)
* fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free in SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15269)
* fontforge: FontForge: Arbitrary code execution via SFD file parsing buffer overflow (CVE-2025-15275)
* fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via malicious SFD file parsing (CVE-2025-15270)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.