CVE-2026-50811
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileDEEUFREPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in FreeType 2.14.3 and versions before commit 5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 in src/truetype/ttgxvar.c, in the TT_Get_Var_Design implementation used by FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2234FreeType: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2026-07-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in FreeType ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (13)
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- https://gist.github.com/junius-sec/6dd0fb25b643f89914083a38e5e57acecnnvd
- https://github.com/freetype/freetype/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71cnnvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1436cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/junius-sec/6dd0fb25b643f89914083a38e5e57aceenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/freetype/freetype/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1436enisa_euvd
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