CVE-2010-4259
FontForge Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 7, 2010, 1:53 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2010-4259 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2010-4259
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2010-4259.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2010-4259 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2010-4259 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5 Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42577 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253 Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-4259 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-4259
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
30.66 }} -2.23%
score
0.96327
percentile