package/freetype: patch CVE-2026-23865

Fixes the following security vulnerability:

- CVE-2026-23865:
    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.

For more information, see
  - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23865
  - fc85a25584.patch

(cherry picked from commit 6c3933d14b)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Perale
2026-04-17 15:11:29 +02:00
parent e0914c0ef7
commit 953c7fb20d
2 changed files with 57 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
From fc85a255849229c024c8e65f536fe1875d84841c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 08:07:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [ttgxvar] Check for overflow in array size computation.
Problem reported and analyzed by povcfe <povcfe2sec@gmail.com>.
Fixes issue #1382.
* src/truetype/ttgxvar.c (tt_var_load_item_variation_store): Do it.
CVE: CVE-2026-23865
Upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/fc85a255849229c024c8e65f536fe1875d84841c.patch
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
---
src/truetype/ttgxvar.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
index 2ff40c9e8..96ddc04c8 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@
FT_UShort word_delta_count;
FT_UInt region_idx_count;
FT_UInt per_region_size;
+ FT_UInt delta_set_size;
if ( FT_STREAM_SEEK( offset + dataOffsetArray[i] ) )
@@ -666,7 +667,19 @@
if ( long_words )
per_region_size *= 2;
- if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( varData->deltaSet, per_region_size * item_count ) )
+ /* Check for overflow (we actually test whether the */
+ /* multiplication of two unsigned values wraps around). */
+ delta_set_size = per_region_size * item_count;
+ if ( per_region_size &&
+ delta_set_size / per_region_size != item_count )
+ {
+ FT_TRACE2(( "tt_var_load_item_variation_store:"
+ " bad delta set array size\n" ));
+ error = FT_THROW( Array_Too_Large );
+ goto Exit;
+ }
+
+ if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( varData->deltaSet, delta_set_size ) )
goto Exit;
if ( FT_Stream_Read( stream,
varData->deltaSet,
--
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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ FREETYPE_CPE_ID_VENDOR = freetype
FREETYPE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
FREETYPE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = freetype-config
# 0001-Check-for-overflow-in-array-size-computation.patch
FREETYPE_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2026-23865
# harfbuzz already depends on freetype so disable harfbuzz in freetype to avoid
# a circular dependency
FREETYPE_CONF_OPTS = --without-harfbuzz