CVE-2013-6490

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    CVE-2013-6490

    Published: 6 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a negative Content-Length header, which triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6bd2dd10e5da, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65195

    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