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Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Litchfield)
Mon Jan 6 21:46:18 2003
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From: "Mark Litchfield" <mark@ngssoftware.com>
To: "Andrew" <aconnell@xtra.co.nz>, <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>,
<vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:16:50 -0800
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Tested on .NET Enterprise server - no restart.
Regards
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew" <aconnell@xtra.co.nz>
To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>; <vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org>
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
> ---
> No fix known.
>
>
>
> - Andrew Connell
