National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0033

Overview

The OpenType Compact Font Format (CFF) driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate parameter values in OpenType fonts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font, aka "OpenType Font Encoded Character Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MS

Name: MS11-007

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-007.mspx

External Source: XF

Name: ms-opentype-cff-code-execution(64906)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64906

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0320

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0320

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025034

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025034

External Source: BID

Name: 46106

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46106

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127239

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127239

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43252

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43252

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11593

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11593

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70821

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/70821

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11593

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11593