7.5

CVE-2013-6487: pidgin Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0074DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6487DSA-2852-1
Published 06-02-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6487 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in pidgin. EPSS estimates a 8.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-2859-1MGASA-2014-0034RHSA-2014:0139

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.17%

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

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libgadu< 1:1.11.3-1 | < 1:1.11.2-1+deb7u1 | < 1:1.9.0-2+squeeze2
  • pidgin< 2.10.8-1
Mageia2 products
  • libgadu< 1.11.3-1.mga3
  • libgadu< 1.11.3-1.mga4
Pidgin1 product
  • pidgin≤ 2.10.7 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.10.0 | 2.10.1 | 2.10.2 | 2.10.3 | 2.10.4 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.6

3 vendors · 5 products

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