SUSE Fontforge Significant External Code Exploitation Flaw 2026-1636-2
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April 28, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for fontforge fixes the following issue: * CVE-2025-15270: Remote code execution via malicious SFD file parsing (bsc#1256031). ## 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-SP7-2026-1636=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-1636=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1636=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1256031
Cross-
* CVE-2025-15270
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-15270 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-15270 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1636-1
Release Date: 2026-04-27T16:55:28Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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