CVE-2026-50256

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50256
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-50256.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-50256
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-05T10:31:22.122Z
Modified
2026-08-13T11:56:58.853518244Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: stack buffer overflow in font alias resolution due to libxfont2 name length mismatch
Details

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. A mismatch between the X server and the libXfont2 library's maximum font name length can cause a stack buffer overflow during font alias resolution. The server allocates a 256 byte stack buffer but libXfont2's alias target name length is 1024 bytes. A font alias name between 257 and 1023 bytes causes the X server to copy that name into the undersized stack buffer without further checks. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Database specific 
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    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
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    ],
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References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
8570e9fcec845f68f0c90caa51fd7a24764ea220
Fixed
af4b3d7250366e1a3822919e41fcf66da4966af2
Introduced
0d7ec5c7d9b451066a079fe56bcc9722341a91ff
Fixed
bb5158f962dc935e58ef8b4b5fcb31be201a6e07
Database specific
Show details 
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    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
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Affected versions

7.*
7.0
Other
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
pre-xgldrop-merge
xorg-server-1_0_99_1
xorg-server-1_0_99_2
xorg-server-1_0_99_901
xorg-server-1_1_99_1
xorg-server-1_1_99_2
xorg-server-1.*
xorg-server-1.1.99.3
xorg-server-1.10.0
xorg-server-1.10.99.901
xorg-server-1.10.99.902
xorg-server-1.11.0
xorg-server-1.11.99.1
xorg-server-1.11.99.901
xorg-server-1.11.99.902
xorg-server-1.11.99.903
xorg-server-1.12.0
xorg-server-1.12.99.901
xorg-server-1.12.99.902
xorg-server-1.12.99.903
xorg-server-1.12.99.904
xorg-server-1.12.99.905
xorg-server-1.13.0
xorg-server-1.13.99.901
xorg-server-1.13.99.902
xorg-server-1.14.0
xorg-server-1.14.99.1
xorg-server-1.14.99.2
xorg-server-1.14.99.3
xorg-server-1.14.99.901
xorg-server-1.14.99.902
xorg-server-1.14.99.903
xorg-server-1.14.99.904
xorg-server-1.14.99.905
xorg-server-1.15.0
xorg-server-1.15.99.901
xorg-server-1.15.99.902
xorg-server-1.15.99.903
xorg-server-1.15.99.904
xorg-server-1.16.0
xorg-server-1.16.99.901
xorg-server-1.16.99.902
xorg-server-1.17.0
xorg-server-1.17.99.901
xorg-server-1.17.99.902
xorg-server-1.18.0
xorg-server-1.18.99.2
xorg-server-1.18.99.901
xorg-server-1.18.99.902
xorg-server-1.19.0
xorg-server-1.19.99.901
xorg-server-1.19.99.902
xorg-server-1.19.99.903
xorg-server-1.19.99.904
xorg-server-1.19.99.905
xorg-server-1.20.0
xorg-server-1.5.99.1
xorg-server-1.6.99.900
xorg-server-1.6.99.901
xorg-server-1.7.99.1
xorg-server-1.7.99.2
xorg-server-1.7.99.901
xorg-server-1.7.99.902
xorg-server-1.8.0
xorg-server-1.8.99.901
xorg-server-1.8.99.902
xorg-server-1.8.99.903
xorg-server-1.8.99.904
xorg-server-1.8.99.905
xorg-server-1.8.99.906
xorg-server-1.9.0
xorg-server-1.9.99.901
xorg-server-1.9.99.902
xorg-server-1.9.99.903
xorg-server-21.*
xorg-server-21.0.99.1
xorg-server-21.0.99.901
xorg-server-21.0.99.902
xorg-server-21.1.0
xorg-server-21.1.1
xorg-server-21.1.10
xorg-server-21.1.11
xorg-server-21.1.12
xorg-server-21.1.13
xorg-server-21.1.14
xorg-server-21.1.15
xorg-server-21.1.16
xorg-server-21.1.17
xorg-server-21.1.18
xorg-server-21.1.19
xorg-server-21.1.2
xorg-server-21.1.20
xorg-server-21.1.21
xorg-server-21.1.22
xorg-server-21.1.3
xorg-server-21.1.4
xorg-server-21.1.5
xorg-server-21.1.6
xorg-server-21.1.7
xorg-server-21.1.8
xorg-server-21.1.9
xwayland-24.*
xwayland-24.0.99.901
xwayland-24.0.99.902
xwayland-24.1.0
xwayland-24.1.1
xwayland-24.1.10
xwayland-24.1.11
xwayland-24.1.2
xwayland-24.1.3
xwayland-24.1.4
xwayland-24.1.5
xwayland-24.1.6
xwayland-24.1.7
xwayland-24.1.8
xwayland-24.1.9

Database specific

source 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-12T16:25:38Z"