CVE-2026-56002
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-08 10:16:23.327000
Last modified
2026-10-25 20:10:00.147000
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"published": "2026-07-08T10:16:23.327",
"lastModified": "2026-10-25T20:10:00.147",
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