Detections
Analytics

NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : freetype Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0249)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271292

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has freetype packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-27363)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL freetype packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0249

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2025-27363

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271292

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0249_freetype.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2025

Updated: 10/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:freetype, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:freetype-devel, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:freetype-mini, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:freetype-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27363

IAVA: 2025-A-0161