The spy malware hooked into the Windows kernel through bugs in the TrueType font file parsing engine, and not only breathed new life into the concept of cyber espionage, but helped rejuvenate an ...

He was unable to find a font set that looked just right so he set out to make his own TrueType font. He managed to find a sample image of the glyphs that the VT220 used as fonts. Using a ...

Facebook warned about a flaw in FreeType which could be used in remote code execution The flaw "may have been exploited in the wild," the company said A patch was recently released to address the ...

TrueType technology -- TTF extension -- was developed by Apple, while OpenType -- OTF extension -- was developed by Adobe and Microsoft. OpenType is based on TrueType, so converting from OpenType ...

What is TTF font format? For those unaware of the meaning of TTF, well, it stands for TrueType Font. This is a standard that was developed by Apple back in the 1990s, and so far, it has ...

However, Facebook's disclosure in March explains that it can be exploited when FreeType parses a malicious TrueType GX or variable fonts file, leading to code execution. "An out of bounds write ...