CVE-2025-66034

NameCVE-2025-66034
DescriptionfontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. In versions from 4.33.0 to before 4.60.2, the fonttools varLib (or python3 -m fontTools.varLib) script has an arbitrary file write vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when a malicious .designspace file is processed. The vulnerability affects the main() code path of fontTools.varLib, used by the fonttools varLib CLI and any code that invokes fontTools.varLib.main(). This issue has been patched in version 4.60.2.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1121605

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fonttools (PTS)bullseye4.19.1-1vulnerable
bookworm4.38.0-1vulnerable
trixie4.57.0-1vulnerable
forky, sid4.57.0-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fonttoolssource(unstable)(unfixed)1121605

Notes

https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/security/advisories/GHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv
Fixed by: https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/commit/a696d5ba93270d5954f98e7cab5ddca8a02c1e32 (4.61.0)

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