CVE-2009-0231: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 37.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (T2EMBED.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name table in a data record that triggers an integer truncation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Embedded OpenType Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version; affected versions not specified

Published 2009-07-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.