CVE-2025-27363

high-risk
Published 2025-03-11

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.

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63.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 37% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 26/34 · High
Exposure 7/34 · Low