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TI-2026-37435 Aliases CVE-2026-50811GHSA-v5fr-wv7c-jq2m

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in FreeType 2.14.3 and versions before commit…

Priority HIGH 68CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00474 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:36841 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images freetype-2.14.3-1.2.hum1@aarch64, freetype-2.14.3-1.2.hum1@src, freetype-2.14.3-1.2.hum1@x86_64 +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:36841

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50811
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5fr-wv7c-jq2m

References

Other 4

Sources

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