Medium
Security advisory
An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_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.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-23865
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_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.
osv:CVE-2026-23865
Complete source record
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