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TI-2025-16833 Aliases CVE-2025-23022GHSA-7429-74cp-cgh9

FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c.

Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00244 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreeTypeFreeType2.8.1—No fix listedCNA
  • FreeType VendorFreeType Affected 2.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.8.1VulnerableFreeType
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.8.1 Vulnerable ·FreeType

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 9 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17
  • Red Hat build of OpenJDK 21

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23022
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7429-74cp-cgh9

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2020-12611 Buffer overflow in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2025-20210 Out-of-bounds write in FreeType KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2012-01032 FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2011-02548 The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2010-03164 Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2017-05683 FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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