Synopsis
Important: libXfont2 security update
Description
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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64
Fixes
2509620
2509622
CVEs
CVE-2026-44950
CVE-2026-59679
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - AppStream
libXfont2-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm
libXfont2-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.src.rpm
libXfont2-debuginfo-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm
libXfont2-debugsource-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - AppStream
libXfont2-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm
libXfont2-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.src.rpm
libXfont2-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm
libXfont2-debuginfo-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm
libXfont2-debuginfo-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm
libXfont2-debugsource-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm
libXfont2-debugsource-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - PowerTools
libXfont2-devel-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - PowerTools
libXfont2-devel-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm
libXfont2-devel-0:2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm