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CVE-2024-25082

Published: 26/02/2024 Updated: 01/05/2024

Vulnerability Summary

Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted archives or compressed files.

Vulnerability Trend

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #1064967 fontforge: CVE-2024-25081 CVE-2024-25082 Package: src:fontforge; Maintainer for src:fontforge is Debian Fonts Task Force <debian-fonts@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:48:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Reply or ...
Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames (CVE-2024-25081) Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted archives or compressed files (CVE-2024-25082) ...
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Mailing Lists

wwwcanvadev/blog/engineering/fonts-are-still-a-helvetica-of-a-problem/ is a detailed blog about vulnerabilities in some open source font handling software It discusses three new vulnerabilities in particular: - CVE-2023-45139 in FontTools versions &gt;=4282, &lt;4430, fixed in 4430 FontTools uses lxml to process SVG tables in ...

Recent Articles

Font security 'still a Helvetica of a problem' says Australian graphics outfit Canva
The Register

Topics Security Off-Prem On-Prem Software Offbeat Special Features Vendor Voice Vendor Voice Resources Who knew that unzipping a font archive could unleash a malicious file

Online graphic design platform Canva went looking for security problems in fonts, and found three – in "strange places." On its engineering blog, the Australian outfit explained it's "continuously looking for ways to uplift the security of [its] processes, software, supply chain, and tools," leading it to the "less explored attack surfaces, such as fonts that present a complex and prevalent part of graphics processing." That effort yielded three type-related vulns. CVE-2023-45139 is a high-sev...