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SUSE 12 SP5 TIFF Important Denial of Service Buffer Overflow 2026-3027-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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SUSE's security update addresses critical vulnerabilities in tiff affecting multiple Enterprise products. Install recommended patches.
A security update has been released for SUSE Linux to fix two vulnerabilities in TIFF, including a heap-based buffer overflow and a denial of service issue.

Summary

## This update for tiff fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-12912: heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted PixarLog- compressed TIFF image (bsc#1269779). * CVE-2026-36849: denial of service when processing a a crafted TIFF file containing a large SamplesPerPixel tag value (bsc#1268434). ## 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 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-3027=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-3027=1 ## Package List:

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References

* bsc#1268434

* bsc#1269779

Cross-

* CVE-2026-12912

* CVE-2026-36849

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-12912 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-12912 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-12912 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-36849 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12912.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3027-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T09:49:58Z
Rating: important

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