CVE-2013-6489
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 6%
Description
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.
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:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=83Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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