Upstream information

CVE-2026-85091 at MITRE

Description

zlib versions 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the gz_vacate() function when processing non-blocking gzwrite() operations with stale external buffer pointers. Attackers can trigger the overflow by calling gzprintf() or gzvprintf() after a write stall, causing an unchecked memmove() to write beyond the internal input buffer boundary.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 7.4 8.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 8.3 9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Attack Requirements None Present
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None High
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1278445 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 zlib Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zlib Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 zlib Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 zlib Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 zlib Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 zlib Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 zlib Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 zlib Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 zlib Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 zlib Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 zlib Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 zlib Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 3 20:55:53 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Sep 4 11:45:24 2026