The vulnerability in the programming interface of DirectWrite on the Microsoft .NET Framework software platform, as well as in Microsoft Office applications, the Live Meeting web conference software, Microsoft Lync instant messaging software, and the Microsoft Silverlight software platform, arises due to errors in syntax analysis of TrueType fonts. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the DirectWrite programming interface on the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Office applications, the web conferencing software Live Meeting, the instant messaging software Lync, and the Microsoft Silverlight platform is related to errors in syntax analysis of TrueType...