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Meta Warns of Critical FreeType Vulnerability, Urges Upgrades

3/14/2025

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Meta has raised alarms over a serious security flaw in the FreeType font rendering library, dubbed CVE-2025-27363, which boasts a troubling CVSS score of 8.1. This vulnerability enables remote code execution in versions 2.13.0 and earlier. Users, particularly those on older Linux systems, are urged to upgrade to FreeType 2.13.3 to safeguard against potential attacks.

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Meta has raised alarms over a serious security flaw in the FreeType font rendering library, dubbed CVE-2025-27363, which boasts a troubling CVSS score of 8.1. This vulnerability enables remote code execution in versions 2.13.0 and earlier. Users, particularly those on older Linux systems, are urged to upgrade to FreeType 2.13.3 to safeguard against potential attacks.