CVE-2013-6483
Pidgin < 2.10.8 - Denial of Service via XMPP IQ Reply Spoofing
Title source: llmDescription
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted reply.
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
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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/93d4bff19574
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=78
Scores
EPSS
0.0389
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
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