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CVE-2026-34085

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fontconfigRocky
Fixed in:main@aarch64RHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@srcRHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@x86_64RHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@noarchRHSA-2026:13722
fontconfigRed Hat / RHEL
Fixed in:main@x86_64RHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@aarch64RHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@srcRHSA-2026:13722
Fixed in:main@noarchRHSA-2026:13722

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days
3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-12.