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Ubuntu 26.04 FreeType Important Denial of Service CVE-2026-50811

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2026
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FreeType on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS may crash when opening a crafted file, posing a risk of denial of service or data exposure.
FreeType could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

FreeType could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain variable font

files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeType to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information leak Ubuntu important freetype

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  libfreetype6                    2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8562-1

CVE-2026-50811

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8562-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information leak Ubuntu important freetype

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.14.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

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