RHSA-2020:1921 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: fontforge security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · April 29, 2020
Updated · June 28, 2026
Topic
An update for fontforge is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts.
Security Fix(es):
- fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.