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Name
CVE-2026-56002
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Vulnerability Ratings#


8.5
CVSSv31
8.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.0.9
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.0.9
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
1.5.4
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
2.0.5
Exploitable
yocto
master
2.0.9
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


libxfont (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
pcfread: validate bitmap sizes and offsets against per-glyph
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
CVE-2026-56002

libxfont2 (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
pcfread: validate bitmap sizes and offsets against per-glyph
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
CVE-2026-56002