MEDIUM
pidgin: DoS caused due to OOB read in Yahoo protocol plugin
Published Feb 6, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.91%
Description
libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Yahoo! P2P message with a crafted length field, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.10.7
- 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
- 2.6.3
- 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
- 2.10.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin-0:2.6.6-32.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0139
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pidgin-0:2.7.9-27.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0139
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pidgin
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-0:2.6.6-32.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0139 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-0:2.7.9-27.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0139 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pidgin | Not 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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.91% 0.03913
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03913
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 | 3.91% (0.03913) | 89.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.91% (0.03913) | 88.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01286) | 77.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.03% (0.03035) | 77.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01286) | 78.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.41% (0.04407) | 92.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 3.26% (0.03257) | 90.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 3.67% (0.03672) | 90.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.65% (0.03649) | 90.27th | 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) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d139ce8f7ec x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6481 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056908 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6481
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6481
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d139ce8f7ec | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74 | ||
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6481 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056908 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6481 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6481 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 6, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 4, 2013
Link CVE-2013-6481
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a