ALSA-2026:55447

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:55447.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:55447
Related
  • CVE-2026-44950
  • CVE-2026-59679
Published
2026-08-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-18T13:27:14.097534040Z
Summary
Important: libXfont2 security update
Details

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Security Fix(es):

  • 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 issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / libXfont2

Package

Name
libXfont2
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/libXfont2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3-12.el9_8.3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:55447.json"

AlmaLinux:9 / libXfont2-devel

Package

Name
libXfont2-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/libXfont2-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3-12.el9_8.3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:55447.json"