---
id: CVE-2026-95512
title: 'A flaw was found in FreeType, specifically within its CID font loader'
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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-400
vendor: Red Hat
product: java-11-openjdk
affected:
  - java-11-openjdk
  - firefox
  - freetype
  - java-21-openjdk
  - java-25-openjdk
  - thunderbird
  - freetype
  - firefox
  - freetype
  - java-1.8.0-openjdk
  - firefox
  - freetype
  - java-17-openjdk
  - java-1.8.0-openjdk
  - java-21-openjdk
  - mingw-freetype
  - mozjs60
  - thunderbird
  - firefox
  - freetype
  - java-17-openjdk
  - java-1.8.0-openjdk
  - java-21-openjdk
  - java-25-openjdk
  - thunderbird
  - freetype
published: '2026-10-02'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T11:17:39.017'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95512'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95512'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462295'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/f3ca71c9900fe860849b3163a6e2c1e765b291d9
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-02T09:15:03.056Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.