An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage
 font files. FreeType loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently.

Security Fix(es):

* freetype: OOB write when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related
 to TrueType GX and variable font files (CVE-2025-27363)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
 score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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CVE-2025-27363: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)