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SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Freetype2 Security Update for Various Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important SUSE freetype2 update addressing nine issues and crucial fixes. Update your systems for enhanced security.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

### This update for freetype2 fixes the following issue: Update to freetype2 2.14.2: * CVE-2026-23865: Integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function (bsc#1259118). Changelog: * Several changes related to LCD filtering are implemented to achieve better performance and encourage sound practices. * Instead of blanket LCD filtering over the entire bitmap, it is now applied only to non-zero spans using direct rendering. This speeds up the ClearType- like rendering by more than 40% at sizes above 32 ppem. * Setting the filter weights with FT_Face_Properties is no longer supported. The default and light filters are optimized to work with any face. * The legacy libXft LCD filter algorithm is no longer provided. * A bunch of potential security problems have been found (bsc#1259118,

References

* bsc#1192869

* bsc#1217580

* bsc#1217584

* bsc#1217585

* bsc#1241661

* bsc#1252148

* bsc#1253245

* bsc#1258163

* bsc#1258167

* bsc#1259118

Cross-

* CVE-2021-42380

* CVE-2023-42363

* CVE-2023-42364

* CVE-2023-42365

* CVE-2025-46394

* CVE-2025-60876

* CVE-2026-23865

* CVE-2026-26157

* CVE-2026-26158

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2021-42380 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-42363 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-42363 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-42364 ( SUSE ): 5.1

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20726-1
Release Date: 2026-03-16T09:25:28Z
Rating: moderate

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