CVE-2011-2004 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system reboot by tricking users into opening a crafted TrueType font file in Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-2004?
CVE-2011-2004 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 8 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Array index error in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted TrueType font file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3402.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2004?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2004?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-2004 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2004 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7
- CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mfgm-v8rv-75rw.