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MS should consider including the freetype library instead of Adobe's type manager
by wolfi1 7y ago
MS should consider including the freetype library instead of Adobe's type manager
- jfk13 7y agoThe new(ish) CFF renderer in Freetype also comes from Adobe. I don't know whether it shares any code with what's in ATM, and if so, whether any vulnerability might be applicable to both, but it might be interesting for someone knowledgeable to investigate.
- Tempest1981 7y agoSomeone posted this comment in the arstechnica article: To be clear and despite its name, this is not Adobe code. Microsoft was given the source code for ATM Light for inclusion in Windows 2000/XP. After that, Microsoft took 100% responsibility for maintaining the code. Microsoft has added additional code and removed code from that DLL (they shove all their Type 1 handling and Open Type font format handling into that one DLL)