PT-2013-3050 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+6

Wang Yu · Published 2013-04-09 · Updated 2019-02-26 · CVE-2013-1291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows XP SP3 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows 7 Gold and SP1 Windows 8

Description A denial of service issue exists due to the improper handling of a specially crafted font file, which could cause the computer to stop responding and restart. This issue is related to the parsing of OpenType fonts.

Recommendations For Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1291

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 5

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-036 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1291 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1291 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-036 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16504 · Note