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CVE-2024-25081: FontForge may run malicious commands from specially named files

CVE-2024-25081 · published 2 years ago

Summary

The FontForge font editing program can be tricked into executing unwanted commands if it opens a file with a crafted name. This could let an attacker take control of the computer where FontForge runs. Update FontForge to the latest version and avoid opening font files from untrusted sources.

What to do

Update debian fontforge to version 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1.
Update debian fontforge to version 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Debian:12	debian	fontforge	< 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 Fix: upgrade to 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
Debian:13	debian	fontforge	< 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 Fix: upgrade to 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1
Debian:14	debian	fontforge	< 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 Fix: upgrade to 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1
–	fontforge	fontforge	<= 20230101 `cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge::::::::`
–	debian	debian_linux	10.0 `cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*`
–	fedoraproject	fedora	40 `cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:::::::*`

Original advisory text

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25081 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25081... Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25081 Vendor Advisory
https://fontforge.org/en-US/downloads/ URL
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]... URL
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro... Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5367 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/2 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit
Gives an attacker full control

Severity

4.2 Medium

Exploitation

1% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-77Command Injection

Timeline

Published26 Feb 2024

Updated4 Nov 2026

First seen1 Sep 2026

Sources

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25081 · OSV

CVE-2024-25081 · NVD

CVE-2024-25081 · OSV

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