Input validation

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 on 64-bit platforms does not properly validate pointers during the parsing of OpenType aka OTF fonts,...

CVE-2011-1873

The CVE-2011-1873 entry documents a remote code execution flaw in win32k.sys, affecting 64-bit Windows systems (XP SP2, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1/SP2, Server 2008 Gold/SP2/R2, and Windows 7 SP1) where OpenType font parsing allows crafted OTF files to execute code in kernel mode. Root cause: impr...

CVE-2011-1873

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 on 64-bit platforms does not properly validate pointers during the parsing of OpenType aka OTF fonts,...

OpenJDK Java2D font-related system property leak (6985453)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 27 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D...

Adobe Reader and Acrobat font memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Adobe Reader and Acrobat fail to properly handle font data, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A critical vulnerability exists in the font parsing code in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability results i...

Adobe Shockwave Font Structure Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Adobe Shockwave Player. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the...

Microsoft Windows 'win32k.sys' OpenType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Successful exploits will result in the execution of arbitrary code in the kernel-mode. Failed attempts will cause a denial-of-service condition. Technologies Affected Avaya Aura Conferencing 6.0 Standard Avaya...

Microsoft Windows ATMFD Font Driver OTF Code Execution (MS11-041; CVE-2011-1873)

The Windows kernel is the core of the operating system. It provides system-level services such as device management and memory management, allocates processor time to processes, and manages error handling. A remote code execution vulnerability exists due to the way that the Windows kernel-mode...

SuSE 10 Security Update : firefox3-pango (ZYPP Patch Number 7460)

The following bug has been fixed : - Specially crafted font files could cause a heap corruption in applications linked against pango. CVE-2011-0020 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Adobe Reader 'CoolType.dll' TTF font overflow vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Author: Nicolas Joly Translator: riusksk（springs brother: the http://riusksk.blogbus.com） This article aims to share with you some information about the recent Adobe Acrobat/Reader 0-Day exploitCVE-2 0 1 0-2 8 8 3The technical details. In VUPEN tissue, we analyzed a large number of vulnerabilitie...

openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0361-1)

Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts CVE-2010-3814, CVE-2010-3855. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update freetype2-4080. The...

openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (openSUSE-SU-2011:0155-1)

Multiple vulnerabilities were fixed in java-160-openjdk : - CVE-2010-4448: CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N: DNS cache poisoning by untrusted applets - CVE-2010-4450: CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P: Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries ...

openSUSE Security Update : mozilla-xulrunner191 (mozilla-xulrunner191-3689)

Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.1 was updated to update 1.9.1.16 fixing several security issues. MFSA 2010-74: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption...

openSUSE Security Update : evince (openSUSE-SU-2011:0045-1)

Multiple font parser vulnerabilities in the DVI backend of evince have been fixed. CVE-2010-2640 - CVE-2010-2643 have been assigned to these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (MozillaThunderbird-3687)

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 was updated to update 3.0.11 fixing several security issues. MFSA 2010-74: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption und...

openSUSE Security Update : mozilla-xulrunner191 (mozilla-xulrunner191-3689)

Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.1 was updated to update 1.9.1.16 fixing several security issues. MFSA 2010-74: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption...

openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-3690)

Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 was updated to update 2.0.11 fixing several security issues. MFSA 2010-74: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption under...

openSUSE Security Update : libpango-1_0-0 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0221-1)

Specially crafted font files could cause a heap corruption in applications linked against pango CVE-2011-0064, CVE-2011-0020. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update libpango-10-0-4076...

openSUSE Security Update : t1lib (openSUSE-SU-2011:0140-1)

A heap overflow in the AFM font parser of DVI files has been fixed in t1lib. CVE-2010-2642 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update t1lib-3788. The text...

SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7366)

Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts. CVE-2010-3814 / CVE-2010-3855 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...