CVE-2026-23865

Name
CVE-2026-23865
Description
An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
cve-assign@fb.com https://gitlab.com/freetype/freetype/-/commit/fc85a255849229c024c8e65f536fe1875d84841c
cve-assign@fb.com https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.14.2/
cve-assign@fb.com https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23865
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/03/8

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* freetype >= 2.13.2 <= 2.13.3
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* freetype >= 2.14.0 <= 2.14.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
openjdk21 edge-community 21.0.11_p10-r0 Simon Frankenberger <simon-alpine@fraho.eu> fixed
openjdk17 edge-community 17.0.19_p10-r0 Simon Frankenberger <simon-alpine@fraho.eu> fixed
openjdk11 edge-community 11.0.31_p11-r0 Simon Frankenberger <simon-alpine@fraho.eu> fixed
freetype edge-main 2.14.1-r1 Achill Gilgenast <achill@achill.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype edge-main 2.14.1-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype edge-main 2.13.3-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype 3.23-main 2.14.1-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype 3.22-main 2.13.3-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype 3.21-main 2.13.3-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype 3.20-main 2.13.2-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
freetype 3.19-main 2.13.2-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable