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1 vulnerability found for xorg-server by X.Org
CVE-2026-55999 (GCVE-0-2026-55999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-08 08:07
Modified
2026-07-09 03:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based buffer overflow
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X.Org | xorg-server |
Version: 0 < 21.1.24 |
||
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