VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6485
Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.41% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c9e5aba2dafd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=80Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c9e5aba2dafd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=80Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.