Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3153
Advisory Released Date: 2026-02-05
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-02-05
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
FontForge SFD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FontForge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of SFD files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-28564. (CVE-2025-15269)
FontForge SFD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FontForge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of SFD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-28543. (CVE-2025-15275)
FontForge GUtils BMP File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FontForge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of pixels within BMP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27517. (CVE-2025-15279)
Affected Packages:
fontforge
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update fontforge or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3153 to update your system.
aarch64:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.i686
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.i686
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.0.4.x86_64