# CVE-2026-50811: An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in FreeType 2.14.3 and versions before commit 5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 in src/tru

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in FreeType 2.14.3 and versions before commit 5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71 in src/truetype/ttgxvar.c, in the TT_Get_Var_Design implementation used by FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates

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## References

- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1436
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71
- https://github.com/freetype/freetype/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71
- https://gist.github.com/junius-sec/6dd0fb25b643f89914083a38e5e57ace

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