CVE-2025-50951
fontforge: Fontforge memory leak
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 23, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A memory leak flaw has been discovered in the Font Forge project. The utf7toutf8_copy function does not properly free memory and repeated use may exhaust system memory resulting in the host operating system terminating the process.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime