Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-0231

Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-0231.

CWE Category CWE-681
Published Date Jul 15, 2009
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
37.45%

Vulnerability Summary

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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted name table in a data record that triggers an integer truncation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Embedded OpenType Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

M
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Reference Links

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811 http://osvdb.org/55842 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=811 http://osvdb.org/55842 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022543 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1887 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-029 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5457
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-0231 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.