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openSUSE: fontforge Low Memory Leak Advisory CVE-2025-50949

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2025
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Install the latest openSUSE update for fontforge to fix a low-severity memory leak issue effectively.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-50949: Fixed a memory leak in the DlgCreate8 function.

(bsc#1252652)

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch memory leak low OpenSUSE fontforge

Patch

## 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:

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-4353=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-4353=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-4353=1

Package List

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fontforge-devel-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* fontforge-doc-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.12.1

* fontforge-20200314-150200.3.12.1

References

* bsc#1252652

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-50949.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252652

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4353-1
Release Date: 2025-12-10T18:03:45Z
Affected Products: * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch memory leak low OpenSUSE fontforge

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