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openSUSE: Capstone Moderate Stack and Heap Overflow Vuln 2026:0060-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey January 8, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update available for openSUSE addressing two vulnerabilities in capstone. Recommendations for secure installations included.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for capstone fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2025-67873: missing bounds check on user-provided skipdata callback can

lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1255309).

* CVE-2025-68114: unchecked `vsnprintf` return value can lead to a stack

buffer overflow (bsc#1255310).

Other updates and bugfixes:

* Enable static library, and add `libcapstone-devel-static` subpackage.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate heap overflow stack overflow OpenSUSE capstone

Patch

## 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-60=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-60=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-60=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2026-60=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libcapstone4-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debugsource-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* libcapstone4-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* libcapstone-devel-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* libcapstone-devel-static-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* capstone-doc-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* python3-capstone-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libcapstone4-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debugsource-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* libcapstone4-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* libcapstone-devel-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* capstone-doc-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* python3-capstone-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libcapstone4-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debuginfo-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

* capstone-debugsource-4.0.2-150500.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1255309

* bsc#1255310

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67873.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68114.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255309

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255310

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0060-1
Release Date: 2026-01-07T16:02:54Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate heap overflow stack overflow OpenSUSE capstone

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