CVE-2026-95512Freetype: freetype: denial of service via repeated subroutine allocations in cid font loader
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | from 2.14.3-2.1.hum1 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 ELS redhat:openjdk_els | 11 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74952vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95512vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462295issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/f3ca71c9900fe860849b3163a6e2c1e765b291d9
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