Buffer overflow in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6490
Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42055
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6490
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Affected software
Pidgin
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6490
Install update from vendor's website.