RE: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

From: Ben Naylor (ben.naylorat_private)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 01:57:01 PST

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Tested on Windows NT4 SP6a.
Had to force opening with fontview as it was not associated by default.
No restart, just message "Not a valid font file".

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew [mailto:aconnellat_private]
Sent: 06 January 2003 15:37
To: bugtraqat_private; vulnwatchat_private
Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

Problem
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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
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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
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No fix known.

- Andrew Connell

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