Bug 2406045 (CVE-2025-50949)

Summary: CVE-2025-50949 fontforge: Fontforge memory leak
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A memory leak flaw has been discovered in the Font Forge project. The DlgCreate8 component does not properly free memory and repeated use may exhaust system memory resulting in the host operating system terminating the process.
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Bug Depends On: 2406131, 2406133    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-23 16:01:27 UTC
FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8.