I have not yet investigated the problem thoroughly, but as far as I'm aware it's caused by complicated outlines -- the font file contains only 1 character, with about 1000 points in it. If anyone wishes to examine the file in depth, I'd recommend using TTX (http://www.letterror.com/code/ttx/ ) - it does font<->XML conversion and makes it easy to see all the information in the file in human readable format. -Andrew Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 10:48:00 AM, you wrote: PL> I can confirmed this. PL> - Reboot immediately. PL> When logged with administrative rights on a Windows XP Professional FR PL> (without service pack) PL> - Blue screen of death (BSOD), computer shows a PL> "PAGE_FAULT_INNONPAGED_AREA". PL> When logged as a normal user on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 US. PL> I'd like to know what is going wong in this file ? and/or PL> what specific code were added inside ? PL> Regards, PL> PhilZ PL> ----- Original Message ----- PL> From: "Andrew" <aconnell@xtra.co.nz> PL> To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>; <vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org> PL> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:36 PM PL> 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 >> --- >> No fix known. >> >> >> >> - Andrew Connell
