Type 1 font handling messed up by December 11, 2012 update KB2753842

Anonymous
2012-12-13T00:15:42+00:00

Programs like Quark Xpress and Coreldraw on Windows 7 and XP have their Type 1 font handling broken by this patch. Characters larger than 15 pt. become invisible. Uninstalling the patch removes the problem. We have 330 machines with this problem. Is Microsoft getting ready to release a fix for this?

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Anonymous
2013-01-02T09:53:51+00:00

Hello all,

Please be informed, that MS12-078 now has been updated – you can read more about the update here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-078

Why was this bulletin rereleased on December 20, 2012? ****Microsoft rereleased this bulletin to address a known issue in the KB2753842 update related to OpenType Fonts (OTF) not properly rendering in applications after the original update was applied. Customers who have successfully installed the original KB2753842 update are protected from the vulnerability described in CVE-2012-2556. However, customers need to install the rereleased KB2753842 update to resolve the issue with improper OpenType font rendering and to keep the affected binaries up to date.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-14T05:32:31+00:00

    Uninstall the update and just hang tight.  Let's see if we can get a better solution for everyone rather than "hide the update".

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T22:17:50+00:00

    We have this problem and so far only a few customers have complained but there are hundreds of thousands who will likely be affected by the weekend.  Extrapolating out, I think millions of people will see a manifestation of this problem over the next week.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T22:04:30+00:00

    I don't know... I believe they will fix it. You should google the KB code... There are *tons* of people that are affected by this.  I highly doubt they will blow it off. It's a pretty bad screw up lol

    I just feel bad for the engineers who are trying to find a work-around, just in case MS actually does blow it off.  And if they do find a work-around, then they have to build a version just to fix this screw up.

    I honestly believe MS will fix this.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T21:51:09+00:00

    Tell your customers it is out of your hands and that MS is on it.

    Which roughly translates to: "You're scre---". I doubt Microsoft is going to admit they messed up and will keep blaming the program developers - as usual. I've seen this kind of thing happen too often in the past. So I don't think this time will be different.

    Scr-- the fact productivity for tens of thousands of people (if not more) have come to a halt.

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