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Fw: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.
From: "Leonardo Rodrigues ( listas )" <leolistas () solucoesip net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:03:38 -0300
i've confirmed it here. I'm running Windows XP Corporate Edition ( English ) with SP1 applied and all other fixes available on windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Opening the file you sent causes an immediately reboot of the machine. That's very strange, for sure :) Sincerily, Leonardo Rodrigues ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew" <aconnell () xtra co nz> To: <bugtraq () securityfocus com>; <vulnwatch () vulnwatch org> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:36 PM 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.
Current thread:
- Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Andrew (Jan 06)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Steven Tucker (Jan 06)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Mark Litchfield (Jan 06)
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- Re: [VulnDiscuss] Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart - rename .TTF Alan Olsen (Jan 21)
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- Re: [VulnDiscuss] Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Mark Litchfield (Jan 21)
- Re[2]: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Andrew (Jan 19)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Chris Ridd (Jan 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Fw: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Leonardo Rodrigues ( listas ) (Jan 06)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Vess Nedevski (Jan 07)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. dildog (Jan 15)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Berend-Jan Wever (Jan 07)
- Re: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Kim Scarborough (Jan 07)
- RE: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Ben Naylor (Jan 15)
- RE: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Discini, Sonny (Jan 15)
- RE: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart. Armstrong, Richard (Jan 17)