| Name | CVE-2026-50811 |
| 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 |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1141704 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| freetype (PTS) | bullseye | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u4 | fixed |
| trixie (security), trixie | 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 2.14.3+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| freetype | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| freetype | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| freetype | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1141704 |
Notes
[trixie] - freetype <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - freetype <not-affected> (TT_Get_Var_Design OOB read introduced in 2.14.0; shipped code uses safe coords[i]=0)
[bullseye] - freetype <not-affected> (TT_Get_Var_Design OOB read introduced in 2.14.0; shipped code uses safe coords[i]=0)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/work_items/1436
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71