Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
The overflow is caught by the -fstack-protector protection mechanism and only leads to a controlled abort of the fontforge tool. As this is a developer tool and included in the SDK on SUSE Linux Enterprise, we are not releasing updates for it. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 657353 [RESOLVED / FIXED] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:56:50 2013CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:46:00 2022