Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxfont package, versions <1:1.3.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.11% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBXFONT-17966116
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed18 Jan 2008

Introduced: 18 Jan 2008

CVE-2008-0006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libxfont to version 1:1.3.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxfont package and not the libxfont package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS table.

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