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CVE-2026-56001: libXfont2 BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.39% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: X.Org libXfont2 2.0.8; azl3 libXfont2 2.0.6-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 2.0.8-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to X.Org libXfont2 2.0.8; azl3 libXfont2 2.0.6-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 2.0.8-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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

Published
Jul 8, 2026
Updated
Oct 25, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 33th percentile

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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · suse
8.5
0.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (suse). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • X.Org libXfont2

    • before 2.0.8affected · rpm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • x libxfont2.0.0 and later · before 2.0.8

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:10libXfont2before 2.0.6-5.el10_2.12.0.6-5.el10_2.1
AlmaLinux:10libXfont2-develbefore 2.0.6-5.el10_2.12.0.6-5.el10_2.1
AlmaLinux:8libXfont2before 2.0.3-2.el8_10.12.0.3-2.el8_10.1
AlmaLinux:8libXfont2-develbefore 2.0.3-2.el8_10.12.0.3-2.el8_10.1
AlmaLinux:9libXfont2before 2.0.3-12.el9_8.12.0.3-12.el9_8.1
AlmaLinux:9libXfont2-develbefore 2.0.3-12.el9_8.12.0.3-12.el9_8.1
Alpine:v3.24libxfont2before 2.0.8-r02.0.8-r0
Debian:12libxfontbefore 1:2.0.6-1+deb12u11:2.0.6-1+deb12u1
Debian:13libxfontbefore 1:2.0.6-1+deb13u11:2.0.6-1+deb13u1
Debian:14libxfontbefore 1:2.0.8-11:2.0.8-1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0libXfont2before 2.0.7-160000.4.12.0.7-160000.4.1
openSUSE:TumbleweedlibXfont2before 2.0.7-2.12.0.7-2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0libXfont2before 0:2.0.6-5.el10_0.10:2.0.6-5.el10_0.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0libXfont2-debuginfobefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_0.10:2.0.6-5.el10_0.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0libXfont2-debugsourcebefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_0.10:2.0.6-5.el10_0.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0libXfont2-develbefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_0.10:2.0.6-5.el10_0.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2libXfont2before 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.10:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2libXfont2-debuginfobefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.10:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2libXfont2-debugsourcebefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.10:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2libXfont2-develbefore 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.10:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibXfont2before 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.10:2.0.3-2.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibXfont2-debuginfobefore 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.10:2.0.3-2.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibXfont2-debugsourcebefore 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.10:2.0.3-2.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crblibXfont2-develbefore 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.10:2.0.3-2.el8_10.1

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Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-5199A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2013-6462Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote…
    40Plan
  • CVE-2011-2895The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2)…
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2015-1804Mar 20, 2015 · The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type…
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2017-16611Dec 1, 2017 · In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape…
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-56002Jul 8, 2026 · libXfont2 PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
X.Org libXfont22.0.8Vendor (CNA)
azl3 libXfont2 2.0.6-1 on Azure Linux 3.02.0.8-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
almalinux:libXfont22.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:libXfont2-devel2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
alpine:libxfont22.0.8-r0 · Alpine:v3.24Package registry (OSV)
debian:libxfont1:2.0.6-1+deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:libXfont22.0.7-2.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libXfont20:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libXfont2-debuginfo0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libXfont2-debugsource0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libXfont2-devel0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
rocky linux:libXfont20:2.0.6-5.el10_2.1 · Rocky Linux:10Package registry (OSV)
suse:libXfont22.0.7-160000.4.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-560020 days apartlibXfont2 PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-560030 days apartlibXfont2 computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow
    35Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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