{"id":"CVE-2026-18497","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-18497","EUVD-2026-54489","GHSA-fhqp-xwqm-2m94","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18497"],"status":"published","title":"The nothings stb TrueType library contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. The vulnerability exists in the stbtt__GetGlyphShapeTT() function within the nothings stb_truetype.h library when parsing malformed TTF (TrueType Font) files. The vulnerability resides in the glyph data parsing path.\r\n\r\nAn attacker can craft a malformed TTF file with an inflated endPtsOfContours value and truncate the remaining glyph data. When an application utilizing stb_truetype.h (such as various game engines or graphics software) attempts to load, bake, or render this malformed font via stbtt_GetGlyphShape(), the parser will attempt to read past the end of the glyph data buffer, triggering the out-of-bounds read.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.07247,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-122"],"published":"2026-08-07T14:19:42Z","modified":"2026-10-24T09:47:37Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20220908.8b5f1f3+ds-1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1~exp1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.2","0.0~git20240715.f7f20f39fe4f+ds-1","0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1","0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1","0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1","0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20190817.1.052dce1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20200713.b42009b+ds-1","0.0~git20210910.af1a5bc+ds-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1","0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"libstb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1","0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"sean barrett (nothings)","product":"nothings stb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nothings/stb","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1905","tags":["exploit","report"]},{"url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/987105","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/987105","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18497"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhqp-xwqm-2m94"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-18497","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-18497","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18497","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-18497","title":"The nothings stb TrueType library contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. The vulnerability exists in the stbtt__GetGlyphShapeTT() function within the nothings stb_truetype.h library when parsing malformed TTF (TrueType Font) files. The vulnerability resides in the glyph data parsing path.\r\n\r\nAn attacker can craft a malformed TTF file with an inflated endPtsOfContours value and truncate the remaining glyph data. When an application utilizing stb_truetype.h (such as various game engines or graphics software) attempts to load, bake, or render this malformed font via stbtt_GetGlyphShape(), the parser will attempt to read past the end of the glyph data buffer, triggering the out-of-bounds read.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-07T14:19:42.854Z","modified":"2026-08-12T13:51:47.08Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-122"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:12.60856Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-54489","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. The vulnerability exists in the stbtt__GetGlyphShapeTT() function within the nothings stb_truetype.h library when parsing malformed TTF (TrueType Font) files. The vulnerability resides in the glyph data parsing path.\r\n\r\nAn attacker can craft a malformed TTF file with an inflated endPtsOfContours value and truncate the remaining glyph data. When an application utilizing stb_truetype.h (such as various game engines or graphics software) attempts to load, bake, or render this malformed font via stbtt_GetGlyphShape(), the parser will attempt to read past the end of the glyph data buffer, triggering the out-of-bounds read.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-07T14:19:42Z","modified":"2026-08-12T13:51:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:58.638592Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fhqp-xwqm-2m94","title":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1...","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. The vulnerability exists in the stbtt__GetGlyphShapeTT() function within the nothings stb_truetype.h library when parsing malformed TTF (TrueType Font) files. The vulnerability resides in the glyph data parsing path.\n\nAn attacker can craft a malformed TTF file with an inflated endPtsOfContours value and truncate the remaining glyph data. When an application utilizing stb_truetype.h (such as various game engines or graphics software) attempts to load, bake, or render this malformed font via stbtt_GetGlyphShape(), the parser will attempt to read past the end of the glyph data buffer, triggering the out-of-bounds read.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-07T15:33:18Z","modified":"2026-08-12T15:30:30Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-122"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:10:22.744469Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-18497","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. 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When an application utilizing stb_truetype.h (such as various game engines or graphics software) attempts to load, bake, or render this malformed font via stbtt_GetGlyphShape(), the parser will attempt to read past the end of the glyph data buffer, triggering the out-of-bounds read.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-07T15:16:59.707Z","modified":"2026-10-23T21:10:00.157Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-122"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:35.386166Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-18497","description":"A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the nothings stb TrueType library, up to version 1.26, that is used for parsing TrueType font files. The vulnerability exists in the stbtt__GetGlyphShapeTT() function within the nothings stb_truetype.h library when parsing malformed TTF (TrueType Font) files. 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