XML Injection Affecting fonttools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FONTTOOLS-14151605
  • published30 Nov 2025
  • disclosed29 Nov 2025

Introduced: 29 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-66034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-91  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 fonttools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fonttools package and not the fonttools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. In versions from 4.33.0 to before 4.60.2, the fonttools varLib (or python3 -m fontTools.varLib) script has an arbitrary file write vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when a malicious .designspace file is processed. The vulnerability affects the main() code path of fontTools.varLib, used by the fonttools varLib CLI and any code that invokes fontTools.varLib.main(). This issue has been patched in version 4.60.2.