{"action":"Upgrade libxfont to 1.5.4-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.5.4-r0","introduced":"1.0.0"}],"component":"libxfont","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.8","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.5.4-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9AS4ZJJ53PDHDTS1S2M2V","modified_at":"2026-07-08T04:31:08.222648473Z","published_at":"2017-12-01T17:29:00.463Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16611","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16611"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":5.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-16611#Alpine:v3.8/libxfont","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16611"}],"summary":"In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be trigger"}