MEDIUM
poppler: format string flaw in pdfseparate utility
Published Nov 23, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.48%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.10
Configuration 2
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
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.48% 0.10483
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10483
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 10.48% (0.10483) | 95.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.48% (0.10483) | 95.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 25.40% (0.25399) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 29.76% (0.29757) | 96.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 31.21% (0.31208) | 96.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 43.20% (0.43202) | 96.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 31.21% (0.31208) | 96.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.19% (0.18186) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 26.97% (0.26975) | 96.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 30.65% (0.30650) | 96.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | 30.29% (0.30285) | 96.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 32.15% (0.32154) | 96.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 28.73% (0.28733) | 96.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.10% (0.09099) | 94.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 7, 2022 | 9.10% (0.09099) | 93.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.80% (0.09796) | 93.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.80% (0.09796) | 87.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/723124 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=61f79b8447c3ac8ab5a26e79e0c28053ffdccf75 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- 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/63374 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4474 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024762 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4474
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4474
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/723124 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=61f79b8447c3ac8ab5a26e79e0c28053ffdccf75 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| 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/63374 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4474 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69434 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024762 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4474 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4474 |
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-2013-4474
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a