Summary
FreeType contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files that may allow for arbitrary code execution.
- Vendor
- FreeType
- Product
- FreeType
- Added to KEV
- May 6, 2025
- Remediation due
- May 27, 2025 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- EPSS
- 27.8% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References