CVE-2013-6481

Pidgin < 2.10.8 - Denial of Service via Yahoo P2P Message Length Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d139ce8f7ec
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0391
EPSS Percentile 89.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (50)
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
... and 40 more
Published Feb 06, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026