CVE-2012-4914

critical

Published 2013-01-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reader in CoolPDF 3.0.2.256 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF document with a crafted stream.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-24463 dos windows verified text · 1 KB

Chris Gabriel · 2013-02-07

Cool PDF Reader 3.0.2.256 - Buffer Overflow

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Cool PDF Reader 3.0.2.256 buffer overflow
# Vulnerability Disclosed to US-CERT by Chris Gabriel: 11-20-2012
# Emailed vendor: 12-4-2012
# Francis Provencher discovered vulnerability and reported to Secunia: 12-19-2012
# Vulnerability Discovery: Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's) @ProtekResearch
# Vulnerability Discovery: Chris Gabriel
# Exploit Author: Chris Gabriel
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html
# Version: CoolPDF 3.0.2.256 
# Tested on: Windows XP SP3
# CVE: CVE-2012-4914
# Reference: http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=70
# Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/51602

PoC:  https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/24463.py

EDB-24876 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-03-22

Cool PDF Image Stream - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/coolpdf_image_stream_bof rank 300

Cool PDF Image Stream Buffer Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
coolpdf	coolpdf	`3.0.2.256`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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