CVE-2026-50811
FreeType Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Description
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
INFO
Published Date :
July 7, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 7, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-50811
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update FreeType to a version after commit 5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71.
- Apply the patch for TT_Get_Var_Design to fix the read vulnerability.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-50811
weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'n/a', 'product': 'n/a', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'n/a'}]}] Added Description 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 Added Reference https://gist.github.com/junius-sec/6dd0fb25b643f89914083a38e5e57ace Added Reference https://github.com/freetype/freetype/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1436