Medium severity · published Jan 10, 2025
CVE-2025-23022
FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
FreeType · FreeType
2.8.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23022
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23022
Exploit
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1312
Issue Tracking
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-23022
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