CVE-2013-4473: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-4473 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 23-11-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.13% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugs.freedesktop.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (cgit.freedesktop.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10
Debian1 product
- poppler< 0.18.4-9
Freedesktop1 product
- poppler≤ 0.24.1 | 0.1 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.4 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.9 | 0.59.0 | 0.5.91 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.3 | 0.8.4 | 0.8.5 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.7 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.11.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.11.2 | 0.11.3 | 0.12.0 | 0.12.1 | 0.12.2 | 0.12.3 | 0.12.4 | 0.13.0 | 0.13.1 | 0.13.2 | 0.13.3 | 0.13.4 | 0.14.0 | 0.14.1 | 0.14.2 | 0.14.3 | 0.14.4 | 0.14.5 | 0.15.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.15.2 | 0.15.3 | 0.16.0 | 0.16.1 | 0.16.2 | 0.16.3 | 0.16.4 | 0.16.5 | 0.16.6 | 0.16.7 | 0.17.0 | 0.17.1 | 0.17.2 | 0.17.3 | 0.17.4 | 0.18.0 | 0.18.1 | 0.18.2 | 0.18.3 | 0.18.4 | 0.19.0 | 0.19.1 | 0.19.2 | 0.19.3 | 0.19.4 | 0.20.0 | 0.20.1 | 0.20.2 | 0.20.3 | 0.20.4 | 0.20.5 | 0.21.0 | 0.21.1 | 0.21.2 | 0.21.3 | 0.21.4 | 0.22.0 | 0.22.1 | 0.22.2 | 0.22.3 | 0.22.4 | 0.23.0 | 0.23.1 | 0.23.2 | 0.23.3 | 0.23.4 | 0.24.0
Ubuntu1 product
- poppler< 0.24.3-0ubuntu1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
13 links
- cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93bX Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
- cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWSX Refsource CONFIRM