CVE-2013-4474

Description

Format string vulnerability in the extractPages function in utils/pdfseparate.cc in poppler before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a destination filename.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 31.21% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/723124
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=61f79b8447c3ac8ab5a26e79e0c28053ffdccf75 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63374 vdb entry
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4474?
CVE-2013-4474 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4474?
To fix CVE-2013-4474, 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-2013-4474 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4474 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~31% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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