CVE-2013-5447

medium
Published 2013-12-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657500

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmforms_viewer4.0.0
ibmforms_viewer4.0.0.1
ibmforms_viewer4.0.0.2
ibmforms_viewer8.0.0
ibmforms_viewer8.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.