medium 4.2

CVE-2024-25081 json

Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames.

published 2024-02-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22443

cvss: 4.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 6 links 1

debian ubuntu red hat suse almalinux rocky linux

fontforge Debian 12 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
fontforge Debian 14, Debian 13 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25081

fontforge Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
fontforge Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
fontforge Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1
fontforge Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25081

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

fontforge RHEL 9 20201107-6.el9
fontforge RHEL 8 20200314-6.el8_10
fontforge RHEL 9.4 EUS 20201107-6.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:2566 RHSA-2024:9439 RHSA-2024:4267

fontforge SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +10 more 20200314-150200.3.6.1
fontforge SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 20170731-11.17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0864-1 SUSE-SU-2024:0863-1

fontforge AlmaLinux 9 20201107-6.el9
fontforge AlmaLinux 8 20200314-6.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:9439 ALSA-2024:4267

fontforge Rocky Linux 8 20200314-6.el8_10
fontforge Rocky Linux 9 20201107-6.el9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:4267 RLSA-2024:9439

github.com/fontforge/fontforge#5367 pull request

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-25081 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 4.2

fontforge: command injection via crafted filenames

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fontforge Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 fontforge
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) fontforge 20201107-6.el9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9439
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) fontforge 20201107-6.el9_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2566
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) fontforge 20200314-6.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4267

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-03-12)

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	4.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.1	4.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

fontforge fontforge

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

github.com /fontforge/fontforge/pull/5367
patch
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCH22HIO2C6M4BZWF5EYIWVFBXL5BQAH/
vendor-advisory, issue-tracking, mailing-list
fontforge.org /en-US/downloads/
product
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/2
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCH22HIO2C6M4BZWF5EYIWVFBXL5BQAH/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-25081
NVD CVE-2024-25081

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Summary