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Status published
Medium
CVE-2010-4259
Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
Affected Vendor
alexej kryukov
View all reports →Affected Software
fontforge
Vulnerable Versions:
20100501
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 7th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.