CVE-2013-0271

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2013-0271

    CVE-2013-0271

    Published: 16 Feb 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 might allow remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a crafted (1) mxit or (2) mxit/imagestrips pathname.

    References: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a8aef1d340f2, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18386

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High