Google Finds 16 Bugs, 2 Zero-Days, in Windows Kernel Font Handling

  • 1 July 2016
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The two zero-days were fixed in the summer of 2015

 
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Jul 1, 2016 09:45 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu  Project Zero researchers revealed this week that they helped Microsoft patch 16 security issues relating to how font processing operations are handled in the Windows kernel, 2 of which were zero-day vulnerabilities at the time they were discovered.
 
Project Zero is an initiative to help improve the security of crucial software. The project is sponsored by Google, and in the past, it managed to help fix critical vulnerabilities in many open- or closed-source projects such as important open source code libraries or high-end antivirus products.
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Its a relief to see Google is taking a active part and correcting these bugs and vulnerabilities as they are discovered.

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