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CVE-2010-4259

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 10.85% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-12-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2010-4259
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
10.85%

Original NVD 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.