Bug 2426589

Summary:	CVE-2025-15275 fontforge: FontForge SFD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [fedora-42]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	fontforge	Assignee:	Parag Nemade <pnemade>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	42	CC:	fonts-bugs, kevin, pnemade
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["5af30362-e9b2-494f-8f80-baaa55c5a07e"]}
Fixed In Version:	fontforge-20230101-18.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-02-01 01:02:27 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2426429

Description Sandipan Roy 2026-01-01 10:26:27 UTC

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Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-01-23 06:51:36 UTC

FEDORA-2026-9b8156c2a9 (fontforge-20230101-18.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9b8156c2a9

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-01-24 02:03:58 UTC

FEDORA-2026-9b8156c2a9 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-2026-9b8156c2a9`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9b8156c2a9

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

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-02-01 01:02:27 UTC

FEDORA-2026-9b8156c2a9 (fontforge-20230101-18.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.