CVE-2013-5447 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM Forms Viewer 4.x before 4.0.0.3 and 8.x before 8.0.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XFDL form with a long fontname value.

Published: 2013-12-10

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 34.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:4.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:4.0.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:4.0.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:8.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:8.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.34035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124658
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO78184
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657500
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30789
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-274/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87911

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Forms Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2013-12-10T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:15:20.181Z

Reserved: 2013-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5447

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-10T06:14:55.180

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:58:49.990

Link: CVE-2013-5447

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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