Buffer overflow in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6490

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Buffer overflow in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6490

Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42055
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6490
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pidgin
Software vendor:
pidgin.im

Description

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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