USN-6856-1: FontForge vulnerabilities
First published: Thu Jun 27 2024(Updated: )
It was discovered that FontForge incorrectly handled filenames. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a command injection. (CVE-2024-25081) It was discovered that FontForge incorrectly handled archives and compressed files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform command injection. (CVE-2024-25082)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/fontforge | <1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 | 1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =23.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python3-fontforge | <1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 | 1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =23.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/fontforge | <1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python3-fontforge | <1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/fontforge | <1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 | 1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python3-fontforge | <1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 | 1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/fontforge | <1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python-fontforge | <1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/fontforge | <20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python-fontforge | <20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25082
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25081
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontforge/1:20230101~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontforge/1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontforge/1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6856-1 (Advisory)
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