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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : FreeType vulnerability (USN-8086-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302217

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8086-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain integer arithmetic. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected freetype2-demos, libfreetype-dev and / or libfreetype6 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8086-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302217

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8086-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freetype2-demos, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23865

USN: 8086-1