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openSUSE: Important Integer Overflow Vulnerability Warning CVE-2022-36765

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE announced an important security update for ovmf addressing a critical integer overflow issue. Update to remediate.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for ovmf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2022-36765: Fixed integer overflow to buffer overflow via local network vulnerability (bsc#1218680). ## 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 SUSE-2026-120=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-120=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-120=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-120=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64) * ovmf-202308-150600.5.25.1 * ovmf-tools-202308-150600.5.25.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important integer overflow OpenSUSE ovmf

References

* bsc#1218680

Cross-

* CVE-2022-36765

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2022-36765 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2022-36765 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-36765 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36765.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218680

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0120-1
Release Date: 2026-01-14T06:46:46Z
Rating: important

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security advisory buffer overflow important integer overflow OpenSUSE ovmf

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