libXfont2: Fix of 2 CVEs
- Fix CVE-2026-59679: out-of-bounds read/write in fs_read_glyphs due to num_chars not being validated against the allocated encoding array size in fserve.c (upstream commit 668fea81f40bcb48ec67fb55d0b851049d265290) - Fix CVE-2026-44950: heap buffer overflow in fs_read_glyphs due to a missing bounds check on cumulative glyph data writes into the allbits buffer in fserve.c (upstream commit c2d222bb22c623d8a40f3275077fc7e6617f2c8a)
- Products
- libXfont2, libXfont2-devel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.3-12.el9_2.tuxcare.els4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-44950, CVE-2026-59679
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- Fix CVE-2026-59679: out-of-bounds read/write in fs_read_glyphs due to num_chars not being validated against the allocated encoding array size in fserve.c (upstream commit 668fea81f40bcb48ec67fb55d0b851049d265290) - Fix CVE-2026-44950: heap buffer overflow in fs_read_glyphs due to a missing bounds check on cumulative glyph data writes into the allbits buffer in fserve.c (upstream commit c2d222bb22c623d8a40f3275077fc7e6617f2c8a)
osv:CLSA-2026-1787150510
libXfont2
Fixed versions: 2.0.3-12.el9_2.tuxcare.els4
libXfont2-devel
Fixed versions: 2.0.3-12.el9_2.tuxcare.els4
Complete source record
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"summary": "- Fix CVE-2026-59679: out-of-bounds read/write in fs_read_glyphs due to num_chars not being validated against the allocated encoding array size in fserve.c (upstream commit 668fea81f40bcb48ec67fb55d0b851049d265290) - Fix CVE-2026-44950: heap buffer overflow in fs_read_glyphs due to a missing bounds check on cumulative glyph data writes into the allbits buffer in fserve.c (upstream commit c2d222bb22c623d8a40f3275077fc7e6617f2c8a)",
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