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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Chromium Important Buffer Overflow Fix 2026-20258-1

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2026
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Update for openSUSE fixes important issues in Chromium with critical buffer overflows. Install now for enhanced security.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for chromium fixes the following issues:

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 145.0.7632.109 (boo#1258438):

* CVE-2026-2648: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium

* CVE-2026-2649: Integer overflow in V8

* CVE-2026-2650: Heap buffer overflow in Media

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-136=1

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

chromedriver-145.0.7632.109-bp160.1.1

chromium-145.0.7632.109-bp160.1.1

References

* bsc#1258438

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2648.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2649.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2650.html

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20258-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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