Buffer overflow in cups-filters - CVE-2013-6473

 

Buffer overflow in cups-filters - CVE-2013-6473

Published: March 14, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32561
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6473
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenPrinting
Affected software:
cups-filters

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the urftopdf filter in cups-filters 1.0.25 before 1.0.47 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large (1) page or (2) line in a URF file.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-6473

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources