CVE-2026-23865

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.3) in freetype freetype. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-125
Published: 2026-03-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freetype:freetype

References

https://gitlab.com/freetype/freetype/-/commit/fc85a255849229c024c8e65f536fe1875d84841c
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.14.2/
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23865
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/03/8

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