CVE-2013-0273
N/A
Published: February 16, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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