# 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

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-02 · Updated: 2026-03-04

## Affected

- FreeType: from 2.13.2, through 2.13.3; from 2.14.0, through 2.14.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeType, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2026-23865
- https://gitlab.com/freetype/freetype/-/commit/fc85a255849229c024c8e65f536fe1875d84841c
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.14.2/

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