CVE-2013-4474 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.48% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-11-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| freedesktop | poppler |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Poppler 0.14.3 - '/utils/pdfseparate.cc' Local Format String | 2013-10-26 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=61f79b8447c3ac8ab5a26e79e0c28053ffdccf75
- 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/63374
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=61f79b8447c3ac8ab5a26e79e0c28053ffdccf75
- 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/63374
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD