VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4473
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.13% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124Exploit
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93bExploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56567
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434Exploit
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124Exploit
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93bExploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56567
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.