Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6489
Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42059
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6489
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pidgin.im
Affected software:
Pidgin
Pidgin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted emoticon value, which triggers an integer overflow and a buffer overflow.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6489
Install update from vendor's website.