Denial of service vulnerability in DirectWrite applicationID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:4738 | Date: (C)2012-03-14 (M)2023-12-14 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Windows DirectWrite and is prone denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the DirectWrite application, which fails to handle a specially crafted sequence of unicode characters. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a target application to stop responding.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |