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Fedora 44 mingw-freetype 2.14.2 Important DoS Issue 2026-0e9d55a05c

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 44 update for mingw-freetype 2.14.2 addresses critical security issue and improves font rendering.
Update to 2.14.2.

Summary

MinGW Windows Freetype library.

Update Information:

Update to 2.14.2.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora DoS important information disclosure mingw-freetype

Change Log

* Sat Mar 21 2026 Sandro Mani - 2.14.2-1 - Update to 2.14.2

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2447948 - CVE-2026-23865 mingw-freetype: Freetype: Information disclosure or denial of service via specially crafted font files [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447948

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-0e9d55a05c' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mingw-freetype
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 2.14.2
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://freetype.org/
Summary: Free and portable font rendering engine

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security advisory fedora DoS important information disclosure mingw-freetype

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