CVE-2026-95512
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.5
A flaw was found in FreeType, specifically within its CID font loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening content that embeds or references a specially crafted CID-keyed font. This crafted font can cause repeated allocations and decryptions of subroutine data across multiple font dictionaries, leading to excessive memory and CPU consumption. This can result in a denial of service (DoS) for the application or service processing the font, potentially causing it to hang or terminate.
Products: Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 ELS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | freetype | no fix |
| Debian 13 | freetype | no fix |
| Debian 14 | freetype | 2.14.3+dfsg-3 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | freetype | 0:2.14.3-2.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | freetype-demos | 0:2.14.3-2.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | freetype-devel | 0:2.14.3-2.1.hum1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | freetype | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | freetype | 2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | freetype | 2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | freetype | 2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | freetype | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | freetype | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | freetype | no fix |