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.
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Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfont2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
X.org
X.org libxfont2 |
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| References |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: suse
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-08T09:12:51.480Z
Reserved: 2026-06-18T09:26:55.988Z
Link: CVE-2026-56002
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