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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6474 is rated Moderate Risk (55.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.18%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-13 | 20.77% | 14.18% | -6.60% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 15.79% | 20.77% | +4.98% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 15.79% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2013-6474 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cups, cups-filters), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6474 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2013-6474: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-16), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups-filters); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-6474 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2013-6474 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cups, cups-filters), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): released 5, not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6474 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | <= 1.0.46 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.17 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.18 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.19 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.20 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.21 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.22 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.23 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.24 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.25 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.26 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.27 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.28 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.29 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.30 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.31 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.32 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.33 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.34 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.35 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.36 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.37 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.38 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.39 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.40 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.41 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.42 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.43 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.44 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | — | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |