CVE-2013-6485 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Pidgin or potentially execute code via a buffer overflow in HTTP chunked transfer handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-6485?
CVE-2013-6485 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6485?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6485?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-6485 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6485 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6485, GHSA-m3wf-vx8j-276c.