CVE-2010-4259

FontForge - '.BDF' Font File Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-11-16 CVE Reserved
2010-12-07 CVE Published
2010-12-14 First Exploit
2024-07-30 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE 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

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html	2011-08-27
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html	2011-08-27
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253	2011-08-27

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"		-		Affected