Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-FREETYPE-15440518
  • published8 Mar 2026
  • disclosed2 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-23865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function when processing HVAR, VVAR, or MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a crash by enticing a user to open a specially crafted font file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1