CVE-2026-18497

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 39/100
Published: 2026-08-07 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: High

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. An 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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

39 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.18%
Raw Score 0.001760
Percentile 7.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00176
2026-10-28
0.00176

Intelligence Sources

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