CVE-2013-6482 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6482 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-6482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6482 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Pidgin Pidgin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6482/index.md)
Remote MSN servers can crash Pidgin via crafted responses, causing a denial of service for users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-6482?
CVE-2013-6482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6482?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6482?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-6482 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6482 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6482, GHSA-jc69-mj42-hw2j.