HIGH
poppler: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfseparate utility
Published Nov 23, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.13%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 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
- 0.5.90
- 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
Configuration 2
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.13% 0.07126
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07126
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7.13% (0.07126) | 94.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.13% (0.07126) | 93.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 80.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.49% (0.03493) | 79.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 80.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.39% (0.06388) | 93.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 6.39% (0.06388) | 92.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 5.13% (0.05130) | 92.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2023 | 4.92% (0.04916) | 91.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 5.81% (0.05808) | 92.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.77% (0.05772) | 92.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93b x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4473 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024753 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4473
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4473
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/723124 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/utils/pdfseparate.cc?id=b8682d868ddf7f741e93b | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/NEWS | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/29/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63368 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4473 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024753 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4473 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4473 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 23, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4473
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a