Vulnerability CVE-2010-4259
Published: 2010-12-07   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
FontForge .BDF Font File Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Ulrik Persson
14.12.2010

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Alexej kryukov -> Fontforge 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
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