CVE-2009-0231

The Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name table in a data record that triggers an integer truncation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Embedded OpenType Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

• CWE-681

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811Broken Link
• http://osvdb.org/55842Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457Broken Link
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811Broken Link
• http://osvdb.org/55842Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457Broken Link

Published

Jul 15, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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