CVE-2026-34085: 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.

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Mar
Released
2026-03-27
Last Updated
2026-04-22
EPSS Score
0.13% (percentile: 2.5%)

Affected Products (3)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 fontconfig 2.14.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 fontconfig 2.14.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 fontconfig 2.13.95-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Revision History

  • 2026-03-27: Information published.
  • 2026-03-29: Information published.
  • 2026-03-30: Information published.
  • 2026-03-31: Information published.
  • 2026-04-22: Information published.