CVE-2013-5447
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…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 34.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- IBM Forms Viewer Unicode Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_forms_viewer_fontnameRank normaldisclosed 5 Dec 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Forms Viewer - Unicode Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30789local, windowspublished 7 Jan 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 30789 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.0% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- LO78184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 30789 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-274/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- forms-viewer-cve20135447-bo(87911) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657500 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124658 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-5287 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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