CVE-2025-27363 Affecting freetype package, versions *
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- published13 Mar 2025
- disclosed11 Mar 2025
Introduced: 11 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2025-27363 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12 freetype.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-27363
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-27363
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/13/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/13/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/13/11