[28382] in bugtraq
Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Tucker)
Mon Jan 6 19:18:20 2003
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:27:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Tucker <bugtraq-spam@atarimax.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
In-Reply-To: <163137623792.20030107043649@xtra.co.nz>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301061812360.32616-100000@atarimax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Andrew wrote:
> 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!
>
> Fix
> ---
> No fix known.
On XP Professional SP1 it causes a bugcheck in ATMFD.DLL. According
to the properties for this DLL this is the Adobe Type Manager driver.
The bugcheck code is PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA @ Base+0x28A75.
You can delete the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Font Drivers
This will eliminate the immediate problem, but will remove type 1
font support.
Steve
