Denial of Service Vulnerability in FreeType CID Font Loader
CVE-2026-95512

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Build Of Openjdk 11 Els
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-95512?

FreeType contains a vulnerability in its CID font loader, enabling remote attackers to exploit the flaw by persuading users to open content that embeds or references a specially crafted CID-keyed font. This type of font can initiate repeated allocations and decryptions of subroutine data across several font dictionaries, ultimately consuming excessive memory and processing power. This may lead to a denial of service for applications or services handling the font, causing them to become unresponsive or crash.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95512
vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462295
issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was discovered by Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.
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