VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 10.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.85% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- alexej kryukov/fontforge
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359Exploit, Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.