CVE-2026-34085
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
fontconfig before 2.17.1 has an off-by-one error in allocation during sfnt capability handling, leading to a one-byte out-of-bounds write, and potentially a crash or code execution. This is in FcFontCapabilities in fcfreetype.c.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.8
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardened Images RPMsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:hardened_images_rpms
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1365Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs (fontconfig): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung oder DoSDeutsch2026-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfigPatchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/b9bec06d73340f1b5727302d13ac3df307b7febccnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/merge_requests/446cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/481cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/b9bec06d73340f1b5727302d13ac3df307b7febcenisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/merge_requests/446enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/481enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/b9bec06d73340f1b5727302d13ac3df307b7febcPatchnvd
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