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Network-delivered font exploit requires no credentials and low complexity; user interaction (file open) is the only barrier; full C/I/A impact consistent with heap overflow RCE.
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CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Graphic Fonts allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AnalysisAI
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Graphic Fonts font-processing component enables remote code execution across virtually the entire Windows ecosystem, from Server 2012 to Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025. The attack vector is network-based with user interaction required (CVSS AV:N/UI:R), consistent with a font delivered via a malicious document or webpage that triggers the vulnerable parser. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | User interaction is required: a target must open an attacker-controlled file (document, image, or web content) that triggers Windows font parsing. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 8.8 score reflects a genuinely high-priority issue: network-reachable, no privileges required, low complexity, and full C/I/A impact - though user interaction (UI:R) provides a single friction point limiting automated wormable exploitation. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Apply the Microsoft security update for each applicable Windows version as documented in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73018. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, inventory all Windows systems by version and flag business-critical systems, particularly those handling sensitive data or external communications. …
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Same weakness CWE-122 – Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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EUVD-2026-73753
GHSA-g72x-4c6v-cmmp