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    CVE-2010-4259

    Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CHARSET_REGISTRY header in a BDF font file.

    Published:Dec 1, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 7, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.25506
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Alexej Kryukov
    Product
    Fontforge

    Exploits

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
    http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
    http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High