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high 8.8

CVE-2025-15273 json

FontForge PFB File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2025-12-31 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-205894

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FontForge PFB File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FontForge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PFB files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-28546.

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-2025-15273 updated cvss 8.8

fontforge: FontForge: Remote Code Execution via PFB File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fontforge
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 fontforge Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 fontforge Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 fontforge Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 fontforge
    affected: workaround, no fix available

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
10 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • FontForge FontForge

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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