CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4786
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType Font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 7 gold
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15845 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15845 oval.cisecurity.org