CVE-2009-0231

HIGH

Microsoft Windows < Vista - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.6498
EPSS Percentile 98.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-681
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (3 CPE variants)
Published Jul 15, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026