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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
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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
-----------------
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.



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