CVE-2026-59679

fs_read_glyphs() heap OOB read/write via encoding array index mismatch in libXfont2

CVE-2026-59679 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by SUSE-SU-2026:3500-1, released August 5, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.0
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0026
17th percentile

fs_read_glyphs() in the libXfont2 font-server client (src/fc/fserve.c) indexes the per-character encoding[] array using num_chars from the FS_QueryXBitmaps16 reply, but that array was allocated with a size derived from num_extents in the separate FS_QueryXExtents16 reply. The two CARD32 fields are never cross-checked. A malicious or compromised font server can send a small num_extents (e.g. 1) in the extents reply, then a large num_chars (e.g. 100000) in the bitmaps reply. This causes attacker-controlled out-of-bounds heap read and writes.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libXfont2 · RHEL 10 2.0.6-5.el10_0.2 RHSA-2026:62123 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · RHEL 8 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:55446 Aug 19, 2026
libXfont2 · RHEL 9 0:2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 RHSA-2026:55447 Aug 19, 2026
libXfont2 · almalinux 10 2.0.6-5.el10_2.3 ALSA-2026:55448 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · almalinux 8 2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:55446 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · almalinux 9 2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 ALSA-2026:55447 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · amzn 2023 2.0.7-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-2112 Aug 31, 2026
libXfont2 · ol 10 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.3 ELSA-2026-55448 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · ol 8 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-55446 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · ol 9 0:2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 ELSA-2026-55447 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · opensuse-leap 16.0 2.0.7-160000.5.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21539-1 Aug 6, 2026
libXfont2 · rocky 10 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.3 RLSA-2026:55448 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · rocky 8 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 RLSA-2026:55446 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · rocky 9 0:2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 RLSA-2026:55447 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2 · sles 15.6 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3500-1 Aug 5, 2026
libXfont2 · sles 15.7 2.0.3-150000.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3500-1 Aug 5, 2026
libXfont2 · sles 16.0 2.0.7-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23151-1 Aug 6, 2026
libXfont2-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.0.7-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-2112 Aug 31, 2026
libXfont2-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.0.7-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-2112 Aug 31, 2026
libXfont2-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:55446 Aug 19, 2026
libXfont2-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 RHSA-2026:55447 Aug 19, 2026
libXfont2-devel · almalinux 10 2.0.6-5.el10_2.3 ALSA-2026:55448 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2-devel · almalinux 8 2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:55446 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2-devel · almalinux 9 2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 ALSA-2026:55447 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2-devel · amzn 2023 2.0.7-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-2112 Aug 31, 2026
libXfont2-devel · ol 10 0:2.0.6-5.el10_2.3 ELSA-2026-55448 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2-devel · ol 8 0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-55446 Aug 17, 2026
libXfont2-devel · ol 9 0:2.0.3-12.el9_8.3 ELSA-2026-55447 Aug 17, 2026
libxfont · Debian 14 1:2.0.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59679 Aug 10, 2026

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