SUSE-RU-2026:22619-1: moderate: Recommended update for fontforge

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# Recommended update for fontforge

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:22619-1  
Release Date: 2026-07-10T08:53:56Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:

  * Fix buffer overflow in SCDefWidthVal() function
  * Fix crash in LoadPluginMetadata when distribution not found
    * Don't DECREF borrowed reference from PyDict_GetItemString
    * Fix memory leak: DECREF globals and locals dictionaries
    * Handle Py_None return (not just NULL) when no distribution matches
    * Print original Python exception if present, then set formatted error
  * Use importlib in plugin manager:
    * fixing LoadPluginMetadata crash
  * Fix memory allocation in utf8toutf7_copy() function
  * Fix crashes on importing Mac-style dfont/NFNT bitmap fonts with some legal
    values

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1198=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1198=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * fontforge-devel-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-debuginfo-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-debugsource-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-20251009-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * fontforge-doc-20251009-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * fontforge-devel-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-debuginfo-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-debugsource-20251009-160000.3.1
    * fontforge-20251009-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * fontforge-doc-20251009-160000.3.1

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