CVE-2025-15269 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting FontForge, specifically within its SFD file parsing component. This use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system if they open a specially crafted SFD file or visit a malicious page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N), leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2025-11-17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:2025-11-17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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