CVE-2013-4473

Public Exploit

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 0.24.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a source filename.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.69% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/723124 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml vendor advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 vendor advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93b patch exploit
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4473?
CVE-2013-4473 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4473?
To fix CVE-2013-4473, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-4473 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4473 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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