Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-27363
* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds write when parsing composite subglyphs of TrueType GX / variable fonts (ELSCVE-171535) - debian/patches-freetype/CVE-2025-27363.patch: reject a subglyph count that truncates to a negative short in load_truetype_glyph before it is used to size the outline arrays in src/truetype/ttgload.c. - CVE-2025-27363
- Products
- freetype2-demos, libfreetype6, libfreetype6-dev
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+tuxcare.els1
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-27363
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds write when parsing composite subglyphs of TrueType GX / variable fonts (ELSCVE-171535) - debian/patches-freetype/CVE-2025-27363.patch: reject a subglyph count that truncates to a negative short in load_truetype_glyph before it is used to size the outline arrays in src/truetype/ttgload.c. - CVE-2025-27363
osv:CLSA-2026-1787310855
freetype2-demos
Fixed versions: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+tuxcare.els1
libfreetype6
Fixed versions: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+tuxcare.els1
libfreetype6-dev
Fixed versions: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+tuxcare.els1
Complete source record
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