Security update for opencc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21553-1
Release Date: 2026-05-05T15:14:33Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-15536 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-15536 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-15536 ( NVD ): 1.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-15536 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-15536 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for opencc fixes the following issues:

Update to version 1.2.0.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2025-15536: specifically crafted string can lead to out-of-bounds read (bsc#1256930).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  • Version 1.2.0:
  • Fix the crash issue when reading configuration files.
  • Add type definitions (Typing).
  • Fix two out-of-bounds reading issues when handling truncated UTF-8 input.

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 for SAP applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-686=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libopencc1_2-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • libopencc1_2-debuginfo-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-data-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-debuginfo-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-debugsource-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-devel-1.2.0-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libopencc1_2-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • libopencc1_2-debuginfo-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-data-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-debuginfo-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-debugsource-1.2.0-160000.1.1
    • opencc-devel-1.2.0-160000.1.1

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