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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 10.9%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 45162 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101202 Re: CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18577 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 42577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101202 CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15732 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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