[28445] in bugtraq
RE: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Discini, Sonny)
Wed Jan 15 16:21:19 2003
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From: "Discini, Sonny" <Sonny.Discini@co.mo.md.us>
To: "Andrew" <aconnell@xtra.co.nz>, <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>,
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Windows98 - No reboot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew [mailto:aconnell@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:37 AM
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com; vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org
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.
- Andrew Connell
