CVE-2013-6490

critical

Description

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

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65195

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84

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

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6bd2dd10e5da

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

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