UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23865
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865
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Downstream
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Published
2026-03-02T17:16:00Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:20:32.105441Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An integer overflow in the ttvarloaditemvariation_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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.13.1+dfsg-1
2.13.2+dfsg-1
2.13.2+dfsg-1build2
2.13.2+dfsg-1build3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.13.3+dfsg-1
2.13.3+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865.json"