CVE-2013-6490
Pidgin < 2.10.8 - Buffer Overflow via SIMPLE Protocol Negative Content-Length Header
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-6490. PoCs published by Everdoh.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in SIP-based systems by sending a malformed SIP MESSAGE request with a negative Content-Length header. The server crashes or behaves unpredictably when processing the request.
Description
The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a negative Content-Length header, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Exploits (1)
This PoC demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in SIP-based systems by sending a malformed SIP MESSAGE request with a negative Content-Length header. The server crashes or behaves unpredictably when processing the request.