CVE-2019-15785

Exp

FontForge 20190813 through 20190820 has a buffer overflow in PrefsUI_LoadPrefs in prefs.c.

Published: 2019-08-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-15785 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.65%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-15785

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15785

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.59% 2.65% +2.07%
2 2025-03-30 1.85% 0.59% -1.26%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.85% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-15785

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-15785

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-15785

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2019-15785 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fontforge), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15785
gentoo normal CVE-2019-15785: 1 GLSA(s) (202004-14), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/fontforge); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-15785
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15785
suse medium CVE-2019-15785 severity moderate: SUSE including 1 source package names (fontforge), 1 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4): Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15785/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-15785 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fontforge), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15785

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-15785

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fontforge fontforge <= 20190801 cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-15785

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