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Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Jan 06 2003 03:36PM Andrew (aconnell xtra co nz) (4 replies) Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Jan 07 2003 02:58AM Floyd Russell (floyd neospire net) (1 replies) Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Jan 08 2003 07:09PM Chris Ridd (chris ridd isode com) Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Jan 06 2003 11:27PM Steven Tucker (bugtraq-spam atarimax com) |
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Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew" <aconnell (at) xtra.co (dot) nz [email concealed]>
To: <bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]>; <vulnwatch (at) vulnwatch (dot) org [email concealed]>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Fix
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> No fix known.
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> - Andrew Connell
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