01 Record

CVE-2009-0231

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 37.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-07-15 15:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 04:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-01-20

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-681Incorrect Conversion between Numeric TypesBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

62a041a60c8d358f6c6d4ad88242152424173153a174f5f968bfc176ff05de80

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftwindows_2000Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2003Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2008Not specified—

microsoftwindows_vistaNot specified—

microsoftwindows_xpNot specified—

06 References

docs.microsoft.comMS09-029https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5457https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
osvdb.org55842http://osvdb.org/55842vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
labs.idefense.com20090714 Microsoft Embedded OpenType Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
www.vupen.comADV-2009-1887http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securitytracker.com1022543http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.us-cert.govTA09-195Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT