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CVE-2014-4148

Published: Oct 15, 2014

Modified: Oct 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, as exploited in the wild in October 2014, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx

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third-party-advisory

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vdb-entry

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vendor-advisory

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ms-kmd-cve20144148-code-exec(96995)

vdb-entry

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