Intrusion PreventionFontForge.BDF.Font.File.Stack.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against an Stack Overflow vulnerability in FontForge.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when handling malformed "BDF" file. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted "BDF" file.
Affected Products
Red Hat Fedora 14
Red Hat Fedora 13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Gentoo Linux
FontForge FontForge 0.0.20100501-2
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Refer to the vendor's web site for suggested workaround.
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 31310 |
| Created | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-4259 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 16.55% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Linux |
| Affected App | Other |