CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-34489

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.26%

81th percentile - higher than 81% of all known CVEs

Summary

Remote code execution vulnerability in DirectWrite. An attacker could exploit it to execute code in the context of the logged-on user.

Risk Assessment

Risk of taking control of the user's system after opening a malicious font file.

Recommendation

Install security updates for Windows.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS