CVE-2013-4474 Other in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via format string specifiers in a destination filename when processing PDFs.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-4474?

CVE-2013-4474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4474?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Freedesktop Poppler.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4474?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-4474 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-4474 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4474, GHSA-7f6f-5883-mmhm.

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