CVE-2013-6490 — 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-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow12 documents8 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
39.0%
top 2.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

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

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-5m43-2xmh-9w8j: The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-6490: The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2↗2014-02-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2014-02-06
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Red Hat
pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow in SIMPLE protocol plugin↗2014-01-28
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Debian
CVE-2013-6490: pidgin - The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attacker...↗2013
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

4
Talos
VRT-2013-1004 (CVE-2013-6490): Buffer overflow in SIMPLE header parsing↗2014-01-28
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Talos
Four vulnerabilities in Pidgin↗2014-01-28
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Talos
Four vulnerabilities in Pidgin↗2014-01-28
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Talos
VRT-2013-1004 (CVE-2013-6490): Buffer overflow in SIMPLE header parsing↗2014-01-28
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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-2013-6490 pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow in SIMPLE protocol plugin↗2014-01-24
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