CVE-2010-4259
FontForge - '.BDF' Font File Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC)
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
6
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Desbordamiento de buffer basado en pila en FontForge 20100501 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección mediante una cabecera CHARSET_REGISTRY larga en un fichero de fuentes BDF.
Ulrik Persson reported a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in FontForge, a font editor. When processed a crafted Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) FontForge could crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running FontForge.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2010-11-16 CVE Reserved
- 2010-12-07 CVE Published
- 2010-12-14 First Exploit
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (12)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/42577 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 | 2010-12-14 | |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 | 2024-08-07 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 | 2024-08-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Alexej Kryukov Search vendor "Alexej Kryukov" | Fontforge Search vendor "Alexej Kryukov" for product "Fontforge" | 20100501 Search vendor "Alexej Kryukov" for product "Fontforge" and version "20100501" | - |
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