PT-2010-5381 · Fontforge · Fontforge

Ulrik Persson · Published 2010-12-07 · Updated 2011-08-27 · CVE-2010-4259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FontForge version 20100501

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a long CHARSET REGISTRY header in a BDF font file, potentially allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For FontForge version 20100501, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using a long CHARSET REGISTRY header in a BDF font file can lead to a denial of service or code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4259

DSA-2253-1

Affected Products

Fontforge

References · 16

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 · Exploit
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4259 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/45162 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200 · Note