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SUSE Freetype2 Moderate Out-of-Bounds Read Vulner 2026-22922-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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SUSE addresses an out-of-bounds read flaw in freetype2 with a security patch and update instructions.
A moderate security update for freetype2 addresses CVE-2026-50811, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, available for installation on SUSE Linux Micro 6.0.

Summary

## This update for freetype2 fixes the following issue * Update to version 2.14.3 * CVE-2026-50811: out-of-bounds read vulnerabilityin src/truetype/ttgxvar.c in the TT_Get_Var_Design implementation used by FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates (bsc#1271045). ## 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 Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-810=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libfreetype6-debuginfo-2.14.3-1.1 * freetype2-debugsource-2.14.3-1.1 * libfreetype6-2.14.3-1.1

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security advisory moderate update SuSE out-of-bounds read freetype2

References

* bsc#1271045

Cross-

* CVE-2026-50811

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-50811 ( SUSE ): 6.8

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

* CVE-2026-50811 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2026-50811 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50811.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271045

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22922-1
Release Date: 2026-07-24T08:16:08Z
Rating: moderate

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