Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 15 Jun 2012 17:17 Release Date: 15 Jun 2012 5038 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a Denial of Service.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in atmfd.dll when processing Adobe OpenType font files and can be exploited to cause a excessive CPU consumption and potentially crash the system.

Note: There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.

Impact

Denial of Service

System / Technologies affected

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 and prior.

Solutions

There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.

Vulnerability Identifier

No CVE information is available

Source

Secunia