A heap bufferflow in pcfReadFont() due to missing glyph bounds checking in libXfont2 before 2.0.8  allows attackers authenticated as X client to execute code within the X server.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Libxfont2 Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A heap bufferflow in pcfReadFont() due to missing glyph bounds checking in libXfont2 before 2.0.8  allows attackers authenticated as X client to execute code within the X server.
Title libXfont2 PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow
First Time appeared X.org
X.org libxfont2
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfont2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org libxfont2
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T03:55:46.745Z

Reserved: 2026-06-18T09:26:55.988Z

Link: CVE-2026-56002

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T12:07:30.351Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-56002 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T10:15:04Z

Weaknesses