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.
Published: 2010-12-07
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 23.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2253-1 fontforge security update
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.30658}

epss

{'score': 0.27598}


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Alexej Kryukov Fontforge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.967Z

Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4259

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-12-07T13:53:29.273

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4259

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4259 - Bugzilla

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