CVE-2026-95512

Freetype: freetype: denial of service via repeated subroutine allocations in cid font loader

Published Oct 2, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in FreeType, specifically within its CID font loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening content that embeds or references a specially crafted CID-keyed font. This crafted font can cause repeated allocations and decryptions of subroutine data across multiple font dictionaries, leading to excessive memory and CPU consumption. This can result in a denial of service (DoS) for the application or service processing the font, potentially causing it to hang or terminate.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8881-1 FreeType vulnerability
History
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Freetype
Freetype freetype
Redhat build Of Openjdk 11 Els
Redhat hardened Images
Vendors & Products Freetype
Freetype freetype
Redhat build Of Openjdk 11 Els
Redhat hardened Images
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Description A flaw was found in FreeType, specifically within its CID font loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening content that embeds or references a specially crafted CID-keyed font. This crafted font can cause repeated allocations and decryptions of subroutine data across multiple font dictionaries, leading to excessive memory and CPU consumption. This can result in a denial of service (DoS) for the application or service processing the font, potentially causing it to hang or terminate.
Title Freetype: freetype: denial of service via repeated subroutine allocations in cid font loader
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openjdk Els
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openjdk Els
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2026, 2:13 AM
Reserved
Sep 22, 2026, 8:21 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 2, 2026, 9:16 AM
Modified
Nov 6, 2026, 3:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 AM