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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-4259 EUVD-2010-4232GHSA-5g26-3q47-628q

Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly exec…

Published Dec 7, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: fontforge Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 fontforge 0.0.20100501-4 —
Debian 13 fontforge 0.0.20100501-4 —
Debian 12 fontforge 0.0.20100501-4 —
Debian 5.0 fontforge 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 DSA-2253-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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