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CVE-2015-1671

The Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Windows DirectWrite font library, used by several Microsoft products including .NET Framework, Office, Lync, Live Meeting, and Silverlight, is affected. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by supplying a specially crafted TrueType font to run arbitrary code on the affected system.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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The Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Live Meeting 2007 Console; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync Basic 2013 SP1; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00; and Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime before 5.1.40416.00, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 3

docs.microsoft.com

securitytracker.com

securityfocus.com