{"id":2243,"date":"2025-04-29T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:33:18","slug":"security-bulletin-ibm-cognos-analytics-has-addressed-a-vulnerability-in-freetype-cve-2025-27363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics has addressed a vulnerability in FreeType (CVE-2025-27363)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vulnerability Details<\/h2>\n
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Basic Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/th>\nSecurity Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics has addressed a vulnerability in FreeType (CVE-2025-27363)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/th>\nibm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Published<\/th>\n2025-04-29T16:05:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Seen<\/th>\n2025-04-29T18:56:35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CVSS Score<\/th>\n8.1 (HIGH)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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CVSS v3 Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attack Vector<\/th>\nNETWORK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attack Complexity<\/th>\nHIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Privileges Required<\/th>\nNONE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
User Interaction<\/th>\nNONE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scope<\/th>\nUNCHANGED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confidentiality Impact<\/th>\nHIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Integrity Impact<\/th>\nHIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Availability Impact<\/th>\nHIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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CVE Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
CVE IDs<\/th>\nCVE-2025-27363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CWE<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulletin Family<\/th>\nsoftware<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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Description<\/h3>\n
\n ## Summary<\/p>\n

IBM Cognos Analytics is considered affected by an arbitrary code execution in FreeType (CVE-2025-27363). Freetype is used by IBM Cognos Analytics to render fonts.<\/p>\n

## Vulnerability Details<\/p>\n

**CVEID:**CVE-2025-27363
\n**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.
\n**CWE:**CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
\n**CVSS Source:** cve-assign@fb.com
\n**CVSS Base score:** 8.1
\n**CVSS Vector:**(CVSS:3.1\/AV:N\/AC:H\/PR:N\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:H\/I:H\/A:H)<\/p>\n

## Affected Products and Versions<\/p>\n

Affected Product(s)| Version(s)
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\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 12.1.0
\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 12.0.0 – 12.0.4
\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 11.2.0-11.2.4 FP5 <\/p>\n

## Remediation\/Fixes<\/p>\n

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.<\/p>\n

**Product(s)
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\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 12.1.0 | IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0 IF1
\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 12.0.0 – 12.0.4 | IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 IF3
\nIBM Cognos Analytics| 11.2.0-11.2.4 FP5 | IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 IF7 <\/p>\n

## Workarounds and Mitigations<\/p>\n

None<\/p>\n

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Impact Assessment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Base Score<\/th>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Severity<\/th>\nHIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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