RCE in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

CVE-2012-2556

The OpenType Font (OTF) driver in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font file, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.208 (97.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_2003_server
Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_8
Microsoft Windows_rt
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
Microsoft Windows_server_2012
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)