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.

• CWE-119

• 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

Published

Dec 7, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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