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Microsoft Windows crashes on invalid font file
Secunia Advisory: SA7824
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Release Date: 2003-01-07
Last Update: 2003-01-08
Popularity: 13,229 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP does not handle fonts correctly. Malformed font files can bring the system to an immediate reboot if viewed in the font viewer (fontview).

We do not know if this can be exploited to anything but a mere Denial of Service.

The Denial of Service has been confirmed with all the latest patches.

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