CVE-2013-6481 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pidgin

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-130 — Improper Handling of Length Parameter InconsistencyCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.8-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.8-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.7+52

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cv42-w887-w26q: libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-6481: libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg↗2014-02-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2014-02-06
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Red Hat
pidgin: DoS caused due to OOB read in Yahoo protocol plugin↗2014-01-28
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Debian
CVE-2013-6481: pidgin - libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attack...↗2013
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6490 pidgin: various fl↗2014-01-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6481 pidgin: DoS caused due to OOB read in Yahoo protocol plugin↗2014-01-23
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