INFSA-2025:3421: freetype security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2025:3421
Type: security
Release date: 2025-04-29 14:09:22 UTC
Information about package
FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. FreeType loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2025-27363
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.
Severity level
CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
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NIST — CVE-2025-27363
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no information | 8.1 | no information |
Updated packages