SB2025102853 - Fedora 41 update for fontforge
Published: October 28, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025102853
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50949)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the DlgCreate8() function in gdraw/gaskdlg.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50951)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the utf7toutf8_copy() function in /fontforge/sfd.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.