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and subject line Bug#1141704: fixed in freetype 2.14.3+dfsg-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1141704,
regarding freetype: CVE-2026-50811
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Source: freetype
Version: 2.14.3+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/work_items/1436
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for freetype.
CVE-2026-50811[0]:
| 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
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-50811
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50811
[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/work_items/1436
[2]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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Source: freetype
Source-Version: 2.14.3+dfsg-2
Done: Hugh McMaster <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
freetype, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Hugh McMaster <[email protected]> (supplier of updated freetype package)
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:55:56 +1000
Source: freetype
Architecture: source
Version: 2.14.3+dfsg-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Hugh McMaster <[email protected]>
Closes: 1141704
Changes:
freetype (2.14.3+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debian/patches: Fix CVE-2026-50811 (Closes: #1141704).
* Remove debian/freetype2-doc.lintian-overrides.
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