CVE-2010-4259

Alexej Kryukov Fontforge - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ulrik Persson · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200

Scores

EPSS 0.2314
EPSS Percentile 96.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
alexej_kryukov/fontforge 20100501
Published Dec 07, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026