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SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 ImageMagick Important Heap Overflow 2026-21615-1

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical patch resolves a heap buffer overflow in ImageMagick impacting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0. Update recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-31853: heap buffer overflow leads to crash in the SFW decoder of 32-bit systems when processing extremely large images (bsc#1259528). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-740=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * ImageMagick-debuginfo-7.1.2.0-160000.9.1 * ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo-7.1.2.0-160000.9.1 * ImageMagick-debugsource-7.1.2.0-160000.9.1 * libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo-7.1.2.0-160000.9.1

References

* bsc#1259528

Cross-

* CVE-2026-31853

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-31853 ( SUSE ): 8.3

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

* CVE-2026-31853 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2026-31853 ( NVD ): 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2026-31853 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31853.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259528

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21615-1
Release Date: 2026-05-13T09:34:47Z
Rating: important

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