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CVE-2013-6487

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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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-02

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852

http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html

http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-06

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02946

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