Bug 2406133

Summary:	CVE-2025-50949 fontforge: Fontforge memory leak [fedora-42]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jon Moroney <jmoroney>
Component:	fontforge	Assignee:	Parag Nemade <pnemade>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	42	CC:	fonts-bugs, kevin, pnemade
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["a01aca2b-d80f-4cc0-96fe-17d2fa0b5b3e"]}
Fixed In Version:	fontforge-20230101-17.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2025-11-06 02:23:12 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2406045

Description Jon Moroney 2025-10-23 21:37:17 UTC

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The following link provides references to all essential vulnerability management information. If something is wrong or missing, please contact a member of PSIRT.
https://spaces.redhat.com/display/PRODSEC/Vulnerability+Management+-+Essential+Documents+for+Engineering+Teams

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-10-28 06:02:32 UTC

FEDORA-2025-5ed7a12149 (fontforge-20230101-16.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5ed7a12149

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-10-28 08:51:17 UTC

FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2 (fontforge-20230101-17.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-10-29 19:20:58 UTC

FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-11-06 02:23:12 UTC

FEDORA-2025-6e501740b2 (fontforge-20230101-17.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.