Input validation error in Poppler - CVE-2013-4474
Published: November 23, 2013 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32603
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4474
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
Poppler
Gentoo Linux
poppler (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
poppler (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4474
Install update from vendor's website.
Poppler - update to 0.24.3
poppler (Alpine package) - update to 0.18.4-r2
poppler (Alpine package) - update to 0.18.4-r2
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External 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