Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-25081
Medium 4.2
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in the fontforge package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | fontforge | 20200314-6.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4267 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | fontforge | 20201107-6.el9 | ALSA-2024:9439 |
| Debian:12 | fontforge | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25081 |
| Debian:12 | fontforge | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 | DSA-5641-1 |
| Debian:13 | fontforge | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25081 |
| Debian:14 | fontforge | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25081 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | fontforge | 0:20200314-6.el8_10 | RLSA-2024:4267 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | fontforge | 0:20201107-6.el9 | RLSA-2024:9439 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | USN-6856-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25081 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://fontforge.org/en-US/downloads/
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5367
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240307 [SECURITY] [DLA 3754-1] fontforge security update mailing-list
- FEDORA-2024-e01ef71e64 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20240308 Vulnerabilties in FontTools & FontForge mailing-list
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCH22HIO2C6M4BZWF5EYIWVFBXL5BQAH/