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HistoryNov 13, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Windows Kernel Type 1 Font Processing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2019-11-1300:00:00
Hossein Lotfi of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
www.zerodayinitiative.com
9

EPSS

0.081

Percentile

94.3%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. 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 handling of Type 1 fonts in the Windows kernel. A crafted font file can trigger a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM.