Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability ( CVE-2012-2556 )

Publish date: July 21, 2015
  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-2556,MS12-078
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

The OpenType Font (OTF) driver in the kernel-mode drivers in 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, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font file, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1005273
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1005273 - Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability (CVE-2012-2556)

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • microsoft windows_rt -
  • microsoft windows_server_2003
  • microsoft windows_server_2008
  • microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
  • microsoft windows_server_2012 -
  • microsoft windows_vista -
  • microsoft windows_xp
  • Microsoft Windows

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