Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update
Affects Red Hat freetypeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 19:03 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 8.2 AUS that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:3393. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security vulnerability in FreeType, a font engine used to load and render fonts, allows an out-of-bounds (OOB) write when parsing font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files. This flaw is tracked as CVE-2025-27363 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. The issue has been addressed by Red Hat with an update to the freetype package.