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CVE-2011-3402

HIGH8.8
CISA KEV

Published 2011-11-04 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source secure@microsoft.com

Summary

CVE-2011-3402 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 6, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 27, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing engine in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted font data in a Word document or web page, as exploited in the wild in November 2011 by Duqu, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Microsoft — Windows

Name: Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Date added: 2025-10-06 · Due: 2025-10-27

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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