CVE-2019-1468

36

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1468 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows font library, affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted embedded font, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking public exploit code, it garnered significant community and media attention upon its disclosure in December 2019.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
		1607CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
		1709CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:::::::*
		1803CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:::::::*
		1809CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

16.57%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

96.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1657 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (44)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1468Critical

Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1468

PatchVendor Advisory

zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-19-1004

Third Party Advisory