The Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 allows information disclosu…

published 2018-02-15 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-1565

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 allows information disclosure, due to how the Windows EOT font engine handles embedded fonts, aka "Windows EOT Font Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0760, CVE-2018-0761, and CVE-2018-0855.

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0755 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0755
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/102934
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1040374
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-0755
NVD CVE-2018-0755

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