RLSA-2026:55446 Important: libXfont2 security update

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library Security Fixes: libxfont2: Font Server Client encoding Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write CVE-2026-59679 libxfonts2: libXfont2: Privilege Escalation via Heap Buffer Overflow in Font Server Client CVE-2026-44950 For more details about the security issues, including the...

libxfont2: Font Server Client encoding[] Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write

A flaw was found in the libXfont2 font-server client. A remote attacker, by operating a malicious font server, could exploit an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. This occurs because the client incorrectly handles font data, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access. This can lead to privile...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libXfont2 security update

An update for libXfont2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fro...

libxfont2: Font Server Client encoding[] Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write

A flaw was found in the libXfont2 font-server client. A remote attacker, by operating a malicious font server, could exploit an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. This occurs because the client incorrectly handles font data, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access. This can lead to privile...

CVE-2026-44950

A flaw was found in the libXfont2 font-server client. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability allows a malicious font server to send specially crafted glyph data. The fsreadglyphs function fails to properly validate the total size of the incoming data, leading to an overwrite of memory beyond the...