Freetype

Known Exploited Freetype Vulnerabilities

The following Freetype vulnerabilities have been marked by CISA as Known to be Exploited by threat actors.

The vulnerability CVE-2025-27363: FreeType Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability is in the top 5% of the currently known exploitable vulnerabilities.

By the Year

In 2026 there have been 1 vulnerability in Freetype with an average score of 5.3 out of ten. Last year, in 2025 Freetype had 2 security vulnerabilities published. If vulnerabilities keep coming in at the current rate, it appears that number of security vulnerabilities in Freetype in 2026 could surpass last years number. Last year, the average CVE base score was greater by 1.85

Recent Freetype Security Vulnerabilities

CVE	Date	Vulnerability	Products
CVE-2026-23865	Mar 02, 2026	Freetype Integer Overflow in tt_var_load_item_variation_store (v2.13.22.13.3) An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.	Freetype
CVE-2025-27363	Mar 11, 2025	FreeType<2.13 OOB Write in TrueType GX parsing – arbitrary code exec An out of bounds write exists in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below (newer versions of FreeType are not vulnerable) when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files. The vulnerable code assigns a signed short value to an unsigned long and then adds a static value causing it to wrap around and allocate too small of a heap buffer. The code then writes up to 6 signed long integers out of bounds relative to this buffer. This may result in arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability may have been exploited in the wild.	Freetype
CVE-2025-23022	Jan 10, 2025	FreeType 2.8.1 Signed Integer Overflow in cf2_doFlex FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c.	Freetype
CVE-2022-27404	Apr 22, 2022	FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.	Freetype
CVE-2022-27406	Apr 22, 2022	FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.	Freetype
CVE-2022-27405	Apr 22, 2022	FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request.	Freetype
CVE-2020-15999	Nov 03, 2020	Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.	Freetype2 Freetype
CVE-2015-9383	Sep 03, 2019	FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c. FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.	Freetype
CVE-2018-6942	Feb 13, 2018	An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9 An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.	Freetype
CVE-2017-8287	Apr 27, 2017	FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c. FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.	Freetype