Tested on Windows NT4 SP6a.
Had to force opening with fontview as it was not associated by default.
No restart, just message "Not a valid font file".
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew [mailto:aconnell (at) xtra.co (dot) nz [email concealed]]
Sent: 06 January 2003 15:37
To: bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]; vulnwatch (at) vulnwatch (dot) org [email concealed]
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
-----------------
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.
Had to force opening with fontview as it was not associated by default.
No restart, just message "Not a valid font file".
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew [mailto:aconnell (at) xtra.co (dot) nz [email concealed]]
Sent: 06 January 2003 15:37
To: bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]; vulnwatch (at) vulnwatch (dot) org [email concealed]
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
---
No fix known.
- Andrew Connell
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