CVE-2013-6474: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pdftoopvp filter in CUPS and cups-filters before 1.0.47 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only; version 13.10 only
  • Debian Debian Linux: any version
  • Fedoraproject Fedora: any version
  • Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: up to and including 1.0.46; version 1.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.0.4 only; …

Published 2014-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.