Is CVE-2010-4259 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2010-4259 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-4259?

CVE-2010-4259 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-4259?

CVE-2010-4259 has an EPSS score of 10.85% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-4259

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

10.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.