{"id":"CVE-2012-0159","published":"2012-05-09T00:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T18:16:18Z","title":"Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1…","vendor":null,"product":null,"tier":"core","eol":null,"description":{"text":"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, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329; and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font (TTF) file, aka \"TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability.\"","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"summary":{"text":"A flaw in the TrueType font parsing component of Microsoft Windows (including XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2/R2/R2 SP1, Windows 7, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview), in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010, and in Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329 and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411. 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