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From: Ben Naylor (ben.naylor_at_ciria.org.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 03:57:01 CST

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    Tested on Windows NT4 SP6a.
    Had to force opening with fontview as it was not associated by default.
    No restart, just message "Not a valid font file".

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Andrew [mailto:aconnellxtra.co.nz]
    Sent: 06 January 2003 15:37
    To: bugtraqsecurityfocus.com; vulnwatchvulnwatch.org
    Subject: Opentype font file causes Windows to restart.

    Problem
    -------

    The attached OpenType font file will cause Windows to restart
    immediately when the file is opened by the default viewer (fontview).
    I doubt anyone would suspect a "harmless" little font file of being
    able to cause such a thing to happen!

    Software affected
    -----------------
    It has been tested on both Windows 2000 and Windows XP with exactly
    the same result -- an immediate restart. Other versions of Windows
    are untested.

    Fix 

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No fix known.

    - Andrew Connell