Integer underflow in Eclipse ThreadX GUIX font loader enables heap overflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Eclipse ThreadX GUIX, from 0 through 6.5.1.202602a, is affected. The GUIX binary resource loader never checks that a font page's glyph range is well formed, so a page with first_glyph greater than last_glyph makes the glyph count underflow. The unchecked size multiplication wraps to a small value, so the loader allocates a buffer too small for the glyph records it writes, a heap out-of-bounds write (CWE-787). A local attacker needs no privileges, but exploitation requires a user to load an untrusted font or theme file and needs user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The GUIX binary resource loader never checks that a font page's glyph range is well formed. `gx_page_header_first_glyph` and `gx_page_header_last_glyph` are read verbatim from the file and only the upper bound of `last_glyph` is validated, so a page declaring `first_glyph > last_glyph` makes `last - first + 1` underflow to a very large unsigned count. That count is multiplied by a glyph record size to reserve the load buffer, and the multiply is unchecked, so it wraps to a small value and the loader allocates a buffer far smaller than the data it is about to write. The load pass then recomputes the count in a narrower type and writes attacker-controlled glyph records into the undersized buffer.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse ThreadX - GUIX | up to 6.5.1.202602a | 6.5.2.202603 | Patch available | CNA |
- Eclipse ThreadX - GUIX VendorEclipse Foundation Affected up to 6.5.1.202602a Fixed in 6.5.2.202603 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Eclipse ThreadX GUIX to 6.5.2.202603 or later, which fixes the flaw. The sources list no advisory identifier for this fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Eclipse ThreadX - GUIX (Eclipse Foundation) Fixed in 6.5.2.202603
Timeline
- 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91189
More Eclipse Foundation vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-81947 Unauthenticated command injection in Eclipse Che che-machine-exec CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-13216 CWE-863: ABAC authorization bypass via trailing slash route normalization in Eclipse BaSyx Go Components CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-06514 Path traversal in Eclipse BaSyx CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-01382 In the Eclipse Theia Website repository, the GitHub Actions workflow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-74697 Authentication bypass in Eclipse Jetty EthereumAuthenticator CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences