pidgin: missing nul termination of long values in UPnP responses
Published Feb 16, 2013
2.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
upnp.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long strings in UPnP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging access to the local network.
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:A/AC:M/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01354) | 70.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01353) | 67.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00474) | 62.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01835) | 88.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.00% (0.02002) | 87.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ad7e7fb98db3 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=68 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910042 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0274
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18221 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0274
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ad7e7fb98db3 | 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=68 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910042 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0274 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18221 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0274 |
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