Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw-freetype and spice-client-win security update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:37 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 May 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 packages for mingw-freetype and spice-client-win to address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions should apply the provided security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) in the MinGW Windows Freetype library causes an out-of-bounds write when parsing font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files. This flaw affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address this issue.