CVE-2019-15785
FontForge through 20190801 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-15785- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-15785- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6708 No score
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6708- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qp2p-2wx4-5vff No score
FontForge through 20190801 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
FontForge through 20190801 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
- Record
GHSA-qp2p-2wx4-5vff- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-15785- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-15785 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Fontforge, published August 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.65%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.