CVE-2009-0231

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

15/07/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:::professional::x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:::professional::x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::

CVE-2009-0231

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools