Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite – MVI Component component uses freetype which is vulnerable to this CVE-2025-27363

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite – MVI Component component uses freetype which is vulnerable to this CVE-2025-27363

## Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2025-27363
**DESCRIPTION:** An out of bounds write exists in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below (newer versions of FreeType are not vulnerable) when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files. The vulnerable code assigns a signed short value to an unsigned long and then adds a static value causing it to wrap around and allocate too small of a heap buffer. The code then writes up to 6 signed long integers out of bounds relative to this buffer. This may result in arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability may have been exploited in the wild.
**CWE:**CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
**CVSS Source:** [email protected]
**CVSS Base score:** 8.1
**CVSS Vector:**(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

## Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)| Version(s)
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IBM Maximo Application Suite – Visual Inspection Component| 9.0.8

## Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Remediated Product(s)| Version(s)
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IBM Maximo Application Suite – Visual Inspection Component| 9.0.9 or the latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

## Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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