CVE-2019-15785
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 85)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.65% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-08-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fontforge | fontforge |
References
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/commit/626f751752875a0ddd74b9e217b6f4828713573c
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/3886
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/commit/626f751752875a0ddd74b9e217b6f4828713573c
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/3886
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14
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