An update for libXfont2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Security Fix(es):

* libXfont2: BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow
(CVE-2026-56001)

* libXfont2: PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56002)

* libXfont2: computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56003)

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.

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CVE-2026-56001
CVE-2026-56002: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
CVE-2026-56003