Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for freetype.

CVE-2026-50811[0]:
| 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


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-50811
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50811
[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/work_items/1436
[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/5a280ecde6f324de0d226261036e736e0cb49a71

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

Hello,

Bug #1141704 in freetype reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/freetype/-/commit/3bb8133fc16d673b50988eb3c92e6c15fb9e4c4d
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debian/patches: Fix CVE-2026-50811

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.

Closes: #1141704
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1141704

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
freetype, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1141704@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Hugh McMaster <hmc@debian.org> (supplier of updated freetype package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:55:56 +1000
Source: freetype
Architecture: source
Version: 2.14.3+dfsg-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster <hmc@debian.org>
Changed-By: Hugh McMaster <hmc@debian.org>
Closes: 1141704
Changes:
 freetype (2.14.3+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/patches: Fix CVE-2026-50811 (Closes: #1141704).
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