CVE-2013-6487
N/A
Published: February 6, 2014 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852
References (16)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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