CVE-2013-6473

medium
Published 2014-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the urftopdf filter in cups-filters 1.0.25 before 1.0.47 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large (1) page or (2) line in a URF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6473

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7175

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.47-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.47-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.47-1
debian debiansidfixed1.0.47-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.47-1
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.25
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.26
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.27
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.28
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.29
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.30
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.31
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.32
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.33
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.34
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.35
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.36
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.37
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.38
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.39
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.40
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.41
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.42
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.43
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.44
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.45
linuxfoundationcups-filters1.0.46

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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