OS Command Injection Affecting fontforge package, versions <0:20201107-6.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.08% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FONTFORGE-15503305
  • published13 Mar 2026
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-25081  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 fontforge to version 0:20201107-6.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:2566.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge package and not the fontforge package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1