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SUSE tiff Important Buffer Overflow DoS Patch SUSE-2026-3054-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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Critical updates for SUSE tiff resolve important issues, addressing buffer overflow and denial of service vulnerabilities.
SUSE announced a significant security update for TIFF, addressing two vulnerabilities, including a buffer overflow and denial of service risk, for multiple SUSE Linux products.

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: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3054=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3054=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow SuSE important TIFF

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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3054-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T13:21:52Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow SuSE important TIFF

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