CVE-2026-95512

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images2.14.3-2.1.hum1 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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