CVE-2026-18497: nothings stb 1.26

CVE-2026-18497. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00194 (percentile 0.0856), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

nothings stb · 1.26
Sean Barrett (nothings)

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: within

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

An attacker can craft a malformed TTF file with an inflated endPtsOfContours value and truncate the remaining glyph data. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as high; integrity impact as none.

Published 24-Oct-2026 01:44 UTC

CWE: CWE-122
CCR priority: 28.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00194 · percentile 0.0856 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-18497.html