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medium 6.5

CVE-2026-50811 json

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in FreeType 2.14.3 and versions before commit 5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 in src/tr…

published 2026-07-07 4 mo ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-42157

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • freetype Debian 14 2.14.3+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-50811

  • freetype Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-50811

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • freetype hummingbird 1 2.14.3-1.2.hum1
  • freetype-demos hummingbird 1 2.14.3-1.2.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:36841

  • freetype2 Linux Micro 6.1 2.14.3-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • freetype2 Linux Micro 6.0 2.14.3-1.1
  • freetype2 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.14.3-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23074-1SUSE-SU-2026:22922-1SUSE-SU-2026:22750-1SUSE-SU-2026:22815-1

  • freetype2 openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.14.3-160000.1.1
  • ft2demos openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.14.3-160000.1.1
  • freetype2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.14.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21362-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11257-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-50811 updated cvss 7.1

freetype: FreeType: Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in font processing

  • Red Hat Hardened Images freetype 2.14.3-1.2.hum1, freetype-demos 2.14.3-1.2.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36841

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/work_items/1436 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.