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<h1>Security update for fontforge</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:21375-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-04-22T10:52:20Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256031">bsc#1256031</a>
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</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15270.html">CVE-2025-15270</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-15270</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-15270</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-15270: lack of proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing SFD files can lead to OOB writes and
arbitrary code execution (bsc#1256031).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-620=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-620=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fontforge-debugsource-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-debuginfo-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-devel-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>fontforge-doc-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fontforge-debugsource-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-debuginfo-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-devel-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
<li>fontforge-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>fontforge-doc-20251009-160000.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15270.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15270.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256031">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256031</a>
</li>
</ul>
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