CVE-2026-34085 (GCVE-0-2026-34085)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 16:54 – Updated: 2026-04-02 17:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-27 14:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fontconfig project | fontconfig |
Affected:
0 , < 2.17.1
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:fontconfig_project:fontconfig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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