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openSUSE Leap 16.0 giflib Moderate Memory Corruption CVE-2026-23868

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 23, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An openSUSE security update resolves memory issues and includes installation instructions for giflib patch.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for giflib fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-23868: double-free result of a shallow copy can lead to memory corruption (bsc#1259502).

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-16.0-612=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory corruption OpenSUSE giflib cve-2026-23868

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

giflib-devel-5.2.2-160000.3.1

giflib-progs-5.2.2-160000.3.1

libgif7-5.2.2-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1259502

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23868.html

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20601-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory corruption OpenSUSE giflib cve-2026-23868

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