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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Chromium Important Use After Free Issues 2026-21453-1

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2026
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This update addresses four important issues in Chromium, including critical use-after-free vulnerabilities and a bug fix.
openSUSE has released a security update for Chromium addressing four vulnerabilities, including out-of-bounds write and use-after-free issues, along with a bug fix for Leap 16.0.

Description

This update for chromium fixes the following issues:

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 150.0.7871.186 (boo#1272460):

* CVE-2026-16807: Out of bounds write in Codecs

* CVE-2026-16806: Use after free in WebMCP

* CVE-2026-16805: Use after free in Blink

* CVE-2026-16804: Use after free in Input

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-openSUSE_Backports_SLE-16.0__patchinfo.20260724162718479796.93181000773252=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix vulnerability important OpenSUSE Chromium

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

chromedriver-150.0.7871.186-bp160.1.1

chromium-150.0.7871.186-bp160.1.1

References

* bsc#1272460

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16804.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16805.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16806.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16807.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21453-1
Rating: important

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