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CVE-2019-15785

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15785 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-119) in FontForge versions 20190813 through 20190820, specifically within the PrefsUI_LoadPrefs function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this flaw allows for remote, unauthenticated attacks with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20190801CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15785Low

fontforge: buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c

Sep 11, 2019

References

github.com / fontforge/fontforge/commit/626f751752875a0ddd74b9e217b6f4828713573c
github.com / fontforge/fontforge/pull/3886
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202004-14