Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting fontforge-doc package, versions <0:20201107-3.amzn2023.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-FONTFORGEDOC-13880921
  • published11 Nov 2025
  • disclosed23 Oct 2025

Introduced: 23 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-50949  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 fontforge-doc to version 0:20201107-3.amzn2023.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1262.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge-doc package and not the fontforge-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1