--- freetype-2.3.11/src/pcf/pcfread.c	2009-10-10 19:32:28.000000000 +0200
+++ freetype-2.3.11/src/pcf/pcfread.c	2012-03-28 10:29:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     FreeType font driver for pcf fonts
 
-  Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 by
+  Copyright 2000-2010, 2012 by
   Francesco Zappa Nardelli
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       goto Bail;
     }
 
-    if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( strings, string_size ) )
+    /* allocate one more byte so that we have a final null byte */
+    if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( strings, string_size + 1 ) )
       goto Bail;
 
     error = FT_Stream_Read( stream, (FT_Byte*)strings, string_size );
