VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6487
Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.17% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0Vendor Advisory
- http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-02
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0Vendor Advisory
- http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.