openSUSE Leap 16.0 Chromium Important Heap Corruption Issues 2026-20183-1
opensuse
February 8, 2026
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has one bug fix can now be installed.
Description
This update for chromium fixes the following issues:
Changes in chromium:
- Chromium 144.0.7559.132 (boo#1257650)
* CVE-2026-1861: Heap buffer overflow in libvpx in Google Chrome
prior to 144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially
exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
* CVE-2026-1862: Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to
144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit
heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Patch instructions:
To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-112=1
Topics Covered
Patch
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 16.0:
chromedriver-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1
chromium-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1
References
* bsc#1257650
References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1861.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1862.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20183-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 16.0
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Topics Covered
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