CVE-2013-0274

low
Published 2013-02-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
2.9

Description

upnp.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long strings in UPnP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging access to the local network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0274

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=68

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.10.6-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.10.6-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.10.6-3
debian debiansidfixed2.10.6-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.10.6-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pidginpidgin{"endIncluding":"2.10.6"}
pidginpidgin2.0.0
pidginpidgin2.0.1
pidginpidgin2.0.2
pidginpidgin2.1.0
pidginpidgin2.1.1
pidginpidgin2.2.0
pidginpidgin2.2.1
pidginpidgin2.2.2
pidginpidgin2.3.0
pidginpidgin2.3.1
pidginpidgin2.4.0
pidginpidgin2.4.1
pidginpidgin2.4.2
pidginpidgin2.4.3
pidginpidgin2.5.0
pidginpidgin2.5.1
pidginpidgin2.5.2
pidginpidgin2.5.3
pidginpidgin2.5.4
pidginpidgin2.5.5
pidginpidgin2.5.6
pidginpidgin2.5.7
pidginpidgin2.5.8
pidginpidgin2.5.9
pidginpidgin2.6.0
pidginpidgin2.6.1
pidginpidgin2.6.2
pidginpidgin2.6.4
pidginpidgin2.6.5
pidginpidgin2.6.6
pidginpidgin2.7.0
pidginpidgin2.7.1
pidginpidgin2.7.2
pidginpidgin2.7.3
pidginpidgin2.7.4
pidginpidgin2.7.5
pidginpidgin2.7.6
pidginpidgin2.7.7
pidginpidgin2.7.8
pidginpidgin2.7.9
pidginpidgin2.7.10
pidginpidgin2.7.11
pidginpidgin2.8.0
pidginpidgin2.9.0
pidginpidgin2.10.0
pidginpidgin2.10.1
pidginpidgin2.10.2
pidginpidgin2.10.3
pidginpidgin2.10.4
pidginpidgin2.10.5

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.