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CVE-2009-2514

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 47.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

win32k.sys in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not correctly parse font code during construction of a directory-entry table, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font, aka "Win32k EOT Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-065
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6406
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-065
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6406

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