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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-27363

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* 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

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-27363

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Aug 2026, 11:14 UTC

* 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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