HIGH
pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow in SIMPLE protocol plugin
Published Feb 6, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.81%
Description
The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a negative Content-Length header, which triggers a buffer overflow.
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.81% 0.14809
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14809
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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.81% (0.14809) | 96.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.81% (0.14809) | 96.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 38.98% (0.38978) | 97.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 3, 2025 | 45.38% (0.45375) | 97.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 51.22% (0.51216) | 97.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 7, 2025 | 57.50% (0.57502) | 98.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 51.89% (0.51893) | 97.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 71.05% (0.71049) | 98.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 51.89% (0.51893) | 97.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 71.05% (0.71049) | 98.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 62.23% (0.62234) | 98.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 71.05% (0.71049) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 62.23% (0.62234) | 98.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.59% (0.01591) | 87.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01591) | 85.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 1.82% (0.01816) | 86.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.80% (0.01804) | 86.23th | 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 (11)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6bd2dd10e5da x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65195 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6490 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057498 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6490
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6490
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6bd2dd10e5da | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84 | ||
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65195 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6490 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057498 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6490 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6490 |
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-2013-6490
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a