CVE-2013-4474 Other in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4474, GHSA-7f6f-5883-mmhm.