CVE-2013-6483
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-6483 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-02-06 16:10:58 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted reply. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.008630000 probability, percentile 0.751590000 (date 2026-05-04)
Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.10.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.7.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:0239-1: moderate: update for pidgin, pidgin-branding-op | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:0326-1: moderate: update for pidgin | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-2100-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2859-1 pidgin | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Pidgin Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | pidgin.im | Vendor Advisory |
| pidgin/main: changeset 93d4bff19574 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | hg.pidgin.im | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.