CVE-2013-6481
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Yahoo! P2P message with a crafted length field, which triggers a buffer over-read.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.10.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.10.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.10.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.10.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.10.8-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endIncluding":"2.10.7"} | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.10 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.11 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.8.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.9.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.6 | |
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d139ce8f7ec
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6481
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.