National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0231

Overview

The Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name table in a data record that triggers an integer truncation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Embedded OpenType Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-195A

Name: TA09-195A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-029

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-029.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1887

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022543

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55842

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/55842

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20090714 Microsoft Embedded OpenType Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811