pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
Published Feb 16, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.60%
Description
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.10.6
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.9
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 2.7.10
- 2.7.11
- 2.8.0
- 2.9.0
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.4
- 2.10.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0646
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pidgin-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0646
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0646 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0646 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.60% (0.02601) | 84.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.55% (0.02551) | 82.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02107) | 82.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.42% (0.04416) | 81.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.93% (0.01932) | 82.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00523) | 77.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00523) | 76.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 78.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 75.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cd x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910041 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0273
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0273
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cd | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910041 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0273 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0273 |
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