CVE-2026-56003

high

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.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/08/1

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont/-/commit/dff957a5158da038a282a59a31fe736702732939

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-08

Updated: 2026-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00581