USN-8086-1: FreeType vulnerability

Publication date

12 March 2026

Overview

FreeType could be made to leak sensitive information.


Packages

  • freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive
information.

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive
information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing libfreetype-dev –  2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
libfreetype6 –  2.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble libfreetype-dev –  2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
libfreetype6 –  2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

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