CVE-2010-4259

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-07 13:53:29 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Alexej Kryukov Fontforge 20100501 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: fontforge-20100501-5.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit
FontForge Bitmap Distribution Format (.BDF) Font File Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for fontforge - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
659359 – (CVE-2010-4259) CVE-2010-4259 FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
FontForge .BDF Font File Stack-Based Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2253-1 fontforge af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
#605537 - CVE-2010-4259: fontforge: buffer overflow when parsing CHARSET_REGISTRY header of .BDF files - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: fontforge-20090923-4.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit
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