USN-2958-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4473)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-05-02 16:58 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
poppler vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473, CVE-2013-4474)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8868)

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  "details": "It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled\ncertain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473,\nCVE-2013-4474)\n\nIt was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF\ndocuments. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\ncrafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.\n(CVE-2015-8868)\n",
  "id": "USN-2958-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
  "published": "2016-05-02T16:58:00Z",
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}



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