CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0231

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Published: Jul 15, 2009 | Modified: Feb 08, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When converting from one data type to another, such as long to integer, data can be omitted or translated in a way that produces unexpected values. If the resulting values are used in a sensitive context, then dangerous behaviors may occur.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
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 Microsoft - -

Potential Mitigations

References