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CVE-2026-59679

fs_read_glyphs() heap OOB read/write via encoding array index mismatch in libXfont2

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1, 2.0.7-160000.5.1, 2.0.3-3.6.1, 2.0.6-5.el10_2.3, 2.0.3-2.el8_10.3, and 2 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

fs_read_glyphs() in the libXfont2 font-server client (src/fc/fserve.c) indexes the per-character encoding[] array using num_chars from the FS_QueryXBitmaps16 reply, but that array was allocated with a size derived from num_extents in the separate FS_QueryXExtents16 reply. The two CARD32 fields are never cross-checked. A malicious or compromised font server can send a small num_extents (e.g. 1) in the extents reply, then a large num_chars (e.g. 100000) in the bitmaps reply. This causes attacker-controlled out-of-bounds heap read and writes.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2

    fixed in 2.0.6-5.el10_2.3

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.6-5.el10_2.3

  • libXfont2

    fixed in 2.0.3-2.el8_10.3

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-2.el8_10.3

  • libXfont2

    fixed in 2.0.3-12.el9_8.3

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-12.el9_8.3

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.7-160000.5.1

  • libXfont2-2

    fixed in 2.0.7-3.1

  • libXfont2-2-32bit

    fixed in 2.0.7-3.1

  • libXfont2-devel

    fixed in 2.0.7-3.1

  • libXfont2-devel-32bit

    fixed in 2.0.7-3.1

  • libXfont2

    through 2.0.8

References 1

bugzilla.suse.com