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In 2026 there have been 3 vulnerabilities in Xorg Libxfont2 with an average score of 8.5 out of ten.

Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2026 3 8.50

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Recent Xorg Libxfont2 Security Vulnerabilities

libXfont2 <2.0.8: Heap BOV in ComputeScaledProperties PCF parsing
CVE-2026-56003 8.5 - High - July 08, 2026

A heap buffer overflow due to missing size checking in the property buffer when parsing PCF files in libXfont2 ComputeScaledProperties() before libXfont2 before 2.0.8 could be used by attackers using authenticated X clients to execute code within the X server.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

libXfont2 heap buffer overflow in pcfReadFont() before 2.0.8 (X exec)
CVE-2026-56002 8.5 - High - July 08, 2026

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.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Heap Buffer Overflow in libXfont2 <2.0.8 (BitmapScaleBitmaps) X Server RCE
CVE-2026-56001 8.5 - High - July 08, 2026

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

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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