[VulnDiscuss] Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
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Tested on Windows 2000 Professional, SP2. Crashed immediately.
MJF
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"Mark
Litchfield" To: "Andrew" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<mark@ngssoftw <[email protected]>
are.com> cc:
Subject: Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
01/07/2003
12:16 AM
Tested on .NET Enterprise server - no restart.
Regards
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
> Problem
> -------
>
> 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!
>
> Software affected
> -----------------
> 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.
>
> Fix
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> No fix known.
>
>
>
> - Andrew Connell