[VulnDiscuss] Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

Tested on Windows 2000 Adv Server - BSOD with 
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA error and physical dump of the server's RAM. 

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew [mailto:[email protected]] 
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:37 AM
>To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
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>Problem
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>The attached OpenType font file will cause Windows to restart
>immediately when the file is opened by the default viewer (fontview). I
>doubt anyone would suspect a "harmless" little font file of being able
>to cause such a thing to happen!
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>Software affected
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>It has been tested on both Windows 2000 and Windows XP with exactly the
>same result -- an immediate restart.  Other versions of Windows are
>untested.
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>Fix
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>No fix known.
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>- Andrew Connell
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