SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : fontforge (SUSE-SU-2026:2739-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 325030

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2739-1 advisory.

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues

- CVE-2025-15269: Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free in SFD file parsing (bsc#1256032).
- CVE-2025-15275: Arbitrary code execution via SFD file parsing buffer overflow (bsc#1256025).
- CVE-2025-15279: Remote Code Execution via heap-based buffer overflow in BMP file parsing (bsc#1256013).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected fontforge package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 325030

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2739-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2026

Updated: 7/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15275

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fontforge, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15269, CVE-2025-15275, CVE-2025-15279

IAVB: 2025-B-0189

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2739-1

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