pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu protocol plugin
Published Feb 6, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.17%
Description
Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.10.7
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 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:P/I:P/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 | 8.17% (0.08174) | 94.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.17% (0.08174) | 94.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 4.08% (0.04082) | 88.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.95% (0.02946) | 85.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.66% (0.04663) | 81.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.95% (0.02946) | 85.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.28% (0.02281) | 90.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02281) | 88.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2.60% (0.02601) | 88.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 87.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- 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=82
- http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6487 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057489 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6487
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6487
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.