pidgin: DoS via multiple null pointer dereferences in MSN protocol plugin
Published Feb 6, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.31%
Description
Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote MSN servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted (1) SOAP response, (2) OIM XML response, or (3) Content-Length header.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 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.
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02309) | 82.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02309) | 81.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 71.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.96% (0.01958) | 72.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 72.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 3.19% (0.03189) | 91.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.43% (0.04434) | 92.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 2.96% (0.02959) | 89.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03338) | 90.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.62% (0.03620) | 90.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- 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=75
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=76
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=77
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=75 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=76 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=77 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6482 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056913 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6482
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6482
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.