CVE-2013-5447: ibm forms_viewer

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-5447 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in ibm forms_viewer. EPSS estimates a 34.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-12-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM Forms Viewer 4.x before 4.0.0.3 and 8.x before 8.0.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XFDL form with a long fontname value.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.