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CVE-2013-0271: pidgin

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-0271
Published 16-02-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-0271 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in pidgin. EPSS estimates a 3.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 might allow remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a crafted (1) mxit or (2) mxit/imagestrips pathname.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pidgin< 2.10.6-3
Pidgin1 product
  • pidgin≤ 2.10.6 | 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 | 2.6.4 | 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 vendors · 2 products

References

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