CVE-2013-5447

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 34.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

IBM Forms Viewer: 4.0.0, 4.0.0.1, 4.0.0.2, 8.0.0, 8.0.1

References

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
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

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