libXfont2 computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow (X.Org libXfont2)

CVE-2026-56003
HIGH 8.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 34 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
suse
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A heap buffer overflow due to missing size checking in the property buffer when parsing PCF files in libXfont2 ComputeScaledProperties() before libXfont2 before 2.0.8 could be used by attackers using authenticated X clients to execute code within the X server.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsuse
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · meissner@suse.de (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
X.Org · libXfont2affected 0 < 2.0.8

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD