Re[2]: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

[Andrew <aconnell () xtra co nz>]

I have not yet investigated the problem thoroughly, but as far as I'm
aware it's caused by complicated outlines -- the font file contains
only 1 character, with about 1000 points in it.
If anyone wishes to examine the file in depth, I'd recommend using TTX
(http://www.letterror.com/code/ttx/ ) - it does font<->XML conversion
and makes it easy to see all the information in the file in human
readable format.

-Andrew

Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 10:48:00 AM, you wrote:

PL> I can confirmed this.

PL> - Reboot immediately.
PL>   When logged with administrative rights on a Windows XP Professional FR
PL> (without service pack)

PL> - Blue screen of death (BSOD), computer shows a
PL> "PAGE_FAULT_INNONPAGED_AREA".
PL>   When logged as a normal user on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 US.

PL> I'd like to know what is going wong in this file ? and/or
PL> what specific code were added inside ?

PL> Regards,
PL> PhilZ


PL> ----- Original Message -----
PL> From: "Andrew" <aconnell () xtra co nz>
PL> To: <bugtraq () securityfocus com>; <vulnwatch () vulnwatch org>
PL> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:36 PM
PL> Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.


> > Problem
> > -------
> >
> > The attached OpenType font file will cause Windows to restart
> > immediately when the file is opened by the default viewer (fontview).
> > I doubt anyone would suspect a "harmless" little font file of being
> > able to cause such a thing to happen!
> >
> > Software affected
> > -----------------
> > It has been tested on both Windows 2000 and Windows XP with exactly
> > the same result -- an immediate restart.  Other versions of Windows
> > are untested.
> >
> > Fix
> > ---
> > No fix known.
> >
> >
> >
> > - Andrew Connell