USN-8562-1

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain variable font files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name: freetype
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13.3+dfsg-1build1

2.14.1+dfsg-1

2.14.1+dfsg-2

2.14.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-50811",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8562-1.json"