CVE-2009-0231

HIGH

Microsoft Windows < Vista - RCE

Title source: llm

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."

References (7)

[Broken Link] http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811

[Broken Link] http://osvdb.org/55842

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.6498

EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-681

Status draft

Affected Products (11)

microsoft/windows_2000

microsoft/windows_server_2003

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_xp

microsoft/windows_xp

microsoft/windows_xp

Timeline

Published Jul 15, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026