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SUSE: mozjs60 Important Security Update Addressing Embedded Expat Issues

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update fixes four issues in mozjs60, addressing multiple vulnerabilities with moderate severity. Installation advised.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for mozjs60 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-50602: embedded expat: make XML_StopParser refuse to stop/suspend an unstarted parser and be explicit about XML_PARSING in XML_StopParser (bsc#1232602) * CVE-2024-45492: embedded expat: detect integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart (bsc#1230038) * CVE-2024-45491: embedded expat: detect integer overflow in dtdCopy (bsc#1230037) * CVE-2024-45490: embedded expat: reject negative len for XML_ParseBuffer (bsc#1230036) ## 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-15.6-2026-44=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE patch integer overflow mozjs60

References

* bsc#1230036

* bsc#1230037

* bsc#1230038

* bsc#1232602

Cross-

* CVE-2024-45490

* CVE-2024-45491

* CVE-2024-45492

* CVE-2024-50602

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-45490 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-45490 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45490 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45490 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-45491 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-45491 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45491 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0044-1
Release Date: 2026-01-06T16:10:26Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE patch integer overflow mozjs60

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