CVE-2026-23865

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freetype	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
openjdk-8	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed in 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
openjdk-9	26.10 stonking	Not in release
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [no longer supported by upstream]
openjdk-lts	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~26.04.2
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~25.10.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~24.04.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~22.04.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 11.0.31+11-1ubuntu1~18.04.2
openjdk-13	26.10 stonking	Not in release
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored superseded by openjdk-17
openjdk-16	26.10 stonking	Not in release
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored superseded by openjdk-17
openjdk-17	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~26.04.2
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~25.10.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~24.04.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~22.04.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~20.04.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-1~18.04.2
openjdk-17-crac	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 17.0.19+10-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
openjdk-18	26.10 stonking	Not in release
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored superseded by openjdk-19
openjdk-21	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-1~26.04.2
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-1~25.10.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-1~24.04.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-1~22.04.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-1~20.04.2
openjdk-21-crac	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 21.0.11+10-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
openjdk-25	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-2~26.04.2
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-2~25.10.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-2~24.04.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-2~22.04.2
openjdk-25-crac	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-0ubuntu1~26.04.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 25.0.3+9-0ubuntu1~25.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
openjdk-26	26.10 stonking	Not in release
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 26.0.1+8-2~26.04.2
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 26.0.1+8-2~25.10.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
freetype	Upstream: fc85a25

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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