Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-6490

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.
Published 2014-02-06 17:00:06
Updated 2014-03-08 05:11:44
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2013-6490

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6490

EPSS FAQ
1.59%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 86 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2013-6490

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2013-6490

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2013-6490

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