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tigervnc: Fix of 6 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-50256: fix stack buffer overflow in font alias resolution in the bundled xorg-x11-server source by raising XLFDMAXFONTNAMELEN to libXfont2's MAXFONTNAMELEN and rejecting over-long resolved names - CVE-2026-50257: fix use-after-free in miSyncDestroyFence() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source - CVE-2026-50258: reject XKB key types whose numLevels exceeds XkbMaxShiftLevel in the bundled xorg-x11-server source to prevent a stack buffer overflow in XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols() - CVE-2026-50259: clamp nMaps to the mapWidths[] buffer size in CheckKeyTypes() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source to prevent a stack buffer overflow from XkbSetMap requests - CVE-2026-50260: fix use-after-free in FreeCounter() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source - CVE-2026-50261: fix use-after-free in SyncChangeCounter() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source by restarting trigger list iteration after a trigger fires - Dropped the local xorg-CVE-2026-33999/34000/34001/34002/34003 patches and require xorg-x11-server-source >= 1.20.4-99.el7_9.tuxcare.els10 instead; those fixes are now carried by the xorg-x11-server source package, and applying them again here failed %prep

Products
tigervnc, tigervnc-icons, tigervnc-license, tigervnc-server, tigervnc-server-applet, tigervnc-server-minimal, tigervnc-server-module
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7
CVEs
CVE-2026-33999, CVE-2026-50256, CVE-2026-50257, CVE-2026-50258, CVE-2026-50259, CVE-2026-50260, CVE-2026-50261
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

tigervnc: Fix of 6 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Aug 2026, 08:13 UTC

- CVE-2026-50256: fix stack buffer overflow in font alias resolution in the bundled xorg-x11-server source by raising XLFDMAXFONTNAMELEN to libXfont2's MAXFONTNAMELEN and rejecting over-long resolved names - CVE-2026-50257: fix use-after-free in miSyncDestroyFence() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source - CVE-2026-50258: reject XKB key types whose numLevels exceeds XkbMaxShiftLevel in the bundled xorg-x11-server source to prevent a stack buffer overflow in XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols() - CVE-2026-50259: clamp nMaps to the mapWidths[] buffer size in CheckKeyTypes() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source to prevent a stack buffer overflow from XkbSetMap requests - CVE-2026-50260: fix use-after-free in FreeCounter() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source - CVE-2026-50261: fix use-after-free in SyncChangeCounter() in the bundled xorg-x11-server source by restarting trigger list iteration after a trigger fires - Dropped the local xorg-CVE-2026-33999/34000/34001/34002/34003 patches and require xorg-x11-server-source >= 1.20.4-99.el7_9.tuxcare.els10 instead; those fixes are now carried by the xorg-x11-server source package, and applying them again here failed %prep

osv:CLSA-2026-1785917589

tigervnc

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-icons

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-license

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-server

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-server-applet

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-server-minimal

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

tigervnc-server-module

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-33.0.7.el7_9.tuxcare.els7

Complete source record
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