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openSUSE htmldoc Important Buffer Overflow Fix Advisory 2026-0046-1

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Calendar Grey February 14, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update fixes important buffer overflow in htmldoc for openSUSE, potentially impacting system security and stability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for htmldoc fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2024-46478: Fixed buffer overflow when handling tabs through the

parse_pre function (boo#1232380).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important OpenSUSE patch instruction htmldoc

Patch

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 Backports SLE-15-SP7:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-46=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

htmldoc-1.9.16-bp157.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46478.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232380

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0046-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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