Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	fontforge	>=0 <0.0.20100501-4	0.0.20100501-4
debian 14	fontforge	>=0 <0.0.20100501-4	0.0.20100501-4
debian 13	fontforge	>=0 <0.0.20100501-4	0.0.20100501-4
debian 11	fontforge	>=0 <0.0.20100501-4	0.0.20100501-4
rpm rhel6	fontforge	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2010-42592. NVD-2010-42593. OSV-DEBIAN-2010-42594. OSV-2010-42595. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2010-4259

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