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GHSA-878V-MXG6-VJ8F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-02 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-04 03:31

Details

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 ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-23865 (GCVE-0-2026-23865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-02 16:09 – Updated: 2026-03-04 00:16

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-125 - Out of Bounds Read

Assigner

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	https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://gitlab.com/freetype/freetype/-/commit/fc8…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/f…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	FreeType	FreeType	Affected: 2.13.2 , ≤ 2.13.3 (semver) Affected: 2.14.0 , ≤ 2.14.1 (semver)

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GHSA-878V-MXG6-VJ8F

CVE-2026-23865 (GCVE-0-2026-23865)

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