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CVE-2025-27363VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Affects Red Hat freetypeSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 19:03 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 Mar 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:3407) and the referenced article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) in the FreeType font engine allows an out-of-bounds write when parsing font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files. This flaw affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants and architectures. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue.

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