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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Chromium Important Heap Corruption Issues 2026-20183

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • February 8, 2026

This update for chromium fixes the following issues: Changes in chromium: - Chromium 144.0.7559.132 (boo#1257650) * CVE-2026-1861: Heap buffer overflow in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. * CVE-2026-1862: Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Patch instructions: To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-112=1

- openSUSE Leap 16.0: chromedriver-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1 chromium-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

chromedriver-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1

chromium-144.0.7559.132-bp160.1.1

* bsc#1257650 References: * *

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Critical Race Condition in Chromium Affecting Fedora 43 A critical race condition vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-1220, has been discovered in Chromium, impacting users of Fedora 43. The vulnerability affects the V8 engine of the browser, prompting an urgent update to version 144.0.7559.96 to mitigate the risk. Users are advised to update their systems to the latest version to ensure security. 109 sources 31

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