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CVE-2026-95512: Freetype: freetype: denial of service via repeated subroutine allocations in cid font loader

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-02 · updated 2026-10-06
• Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 ELS: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions
• Red Hat Hardened Images: all versions — fixed in 2.14.3-2.1.hum1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Hardened Images 2.14.3-2.1.hum1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74952
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95512
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462295
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/f3ca71c9900fe860849b3163a6e2c1e765b291d9

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