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CVE-2009-0231

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 37.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-681

Description

The Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name table in a data record that triggers an integer truncation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Embedded OpenType Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811
• http://osvdb.org/55842
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811
• http://osvdb.org/55842
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887

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