What is CVE-2026-23865?

CVE-2026-23865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freetype, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-23865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype

CVE-2026-23865

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (3.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Freetype — versions 2.13.2, 2.14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23865?: CVE-2026-23865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freetype, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-23865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.