diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f7897215c..69e627502 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-09-21  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	[truetype] Integer overflow (#52082).
+
+	* src/truetype/ttinterp.c (Ins_MDRP): Avoid FT_ABS.
+
 2017-09-21  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	[sfnt] Fix postscript name for default instance of variation fonts.
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttinterp.c b/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
index c3d710359..e3c8f1289 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
@@ -6078,8 +6078,9 @@
 
     /* single width cut-in test */
 
-    if ( FT_ABS( org_dist - exc->GS.single_width_value ) <
-         exc->GS.single_width_cutin )
+    /* |org_dist - single_width_value| < single_width_cutin */
+    if ( org_dist < exc->GS.single_width_value + exc->GS.single_width_cutin ||
+         org_dist > exc->GS.single_width_value - exc->GS.single_width_cutin )
     {
       if ( org_dist >= 0 )
         org_dist = exc->GS.single_width_value;