CVE-2010-4259
Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 10.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- FontForge - '.BDF' Font File Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15732dos, linuxpublished 14 Dec 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 15732 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 45162 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101202 Re: CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18577 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 42577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101202 CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15732 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4232 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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