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.

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

10.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2010-12-07

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-4258
• CVE-2010-4262
• CVE-2010-4257
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• CVE-2010-4254
• CVE-2010-4269