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openSUSE 15.6: Critical gdk-pixbuf Heap Overflow and Memory Leak CVEs

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2025
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Crucial patch for openSUSE released, remedying issues in gdk-pixbuf, aimed at resolving memory leaks and preventing buffer overflows.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for gdk-pixbuf fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-6199: Fixed uninitialized memory leading to arbitrary memory

contents leak (bsc#1245227)

* CVE-2025-7345: Fixed heap buffer overflow within the

gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment function (bsc#1246114)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important heap overflow gdk-pixbuf OpenSUSE arbitrary memory leak

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 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2954=1 SUSE-2025-2954=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2954=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2954=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* gdk-pixbuf-devel-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* typelib-1_0-GdkPixbuf-2_0-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-debugsource-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-devel-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* typelib-1_0-GdkPixdata-2_0-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-32bit-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-32bit-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-devel-32bit-debuginfo-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-32bit-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* gdk-pixbuf-devel-32bit-2.42.12-150600.3.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1245227

* bsc#1246114

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6199.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7345.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245227

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246114

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02954-1
Release Date: 2025-08-21T13:43:04Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory important heap overflow gdk-pixbuf OpenSUSE arbitrary memory leak

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