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CVE-2013-4978

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4978 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting AloahaPDFViewer 5.0.0.7 and earlier versions within the Aloaha PDF Suite FREE. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity threat with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring medium attack complexity and no authentication. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aloaha:aloaha_pdf_suite_free:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.0.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aloaha:aloahapdfviewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38742 · Aug 28, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0719 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0179.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/54585
Vendor Advisory
coresecurity.com / advisories/aloaha-pdf-suite-buffer-overflow-vulnerability
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/62036