PublicCVE

CVE-2026-55999

HIGH8.5Memory safety

Description

Local attackers with a X connection able to provide PCX fonts to the X server xorg-server before 21.2.24 and xwayland before 24.1.13 could cause a heap buffer overflow via SetFont due to missing glyph boundary checks.

CVSS breakdown

CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected products

Updated 31m ago · 8 sources