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SUSE: fontforge Low Memory Leak Fix CVE-2025-50949 2025:4353-1

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE announces security update for fontforge, fixing memory leak issue due to CVE-2025-50949 which poses low risk.
* bsc#1252652 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-50949

Summary

## This update for fontforge fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-50949: Fixed a memory leak in the DlgCreate8 function. (bsc#1252652) ## 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE DoS memory leak low fontforge

References

* bsc#1252652

Cross-

* CVE-2025-50949

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-50949 ( SUSE ): 4.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-50949 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-50949 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4353-1
Release Date: 2025-12-10T18:03:45Z
Rating: low

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE DoS memory leak low fontforge

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