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CVE-2026-56001

HIGH
8.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
A heap buffer overflow in BitmapScaleBitmaps in libXfont2 before 2.0.8 due to an overflowing 32bit size could be used by attackers able to access the X Server to execute code within the X server cont

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-56001
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Reserved
2026-06-18 09:26 UTC
Published
2026-07-08 08:49 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-08 08:49 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-122
CWE-122 Heap-based buffer overflow
Vendor / Product
X.Org / libXfont2
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
X.Org libXfont2 0 < 2.0.8
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-122 cna CWE-122 Heap-based buffer overflow
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.5 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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