CVE-2013-6487

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6487
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-06 17:00:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.039080000 probability, percentile 0.883350000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 2.0.2 All linux 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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2852-1 libgadu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libgadu-1.12.0-0.3.rc2.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0074 - Updated libgadu packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
USN-2101-1: libgadu vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0239-1: moderate: update for pidgin, pidgin-branding-op af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
VRT: VRT-2013-1001 (CVE-2013-6487): Buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu HTTP parsing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vrt-blog.snort.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:039 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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 www.pidgin.im Vendor Advisory
pidgin/main: changeset ec15aa187aa0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.pidgin.im Vendor Advisory
libgadu 1.11.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libgadu.net
Pidgin 'gg_http_watch_fd()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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