Description
upnp.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long strings in UPnP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging access to the local network.
Published: 2013-02-16
Score: 2.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0300 upnp.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long strings in UPnP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging access to the local network.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1746-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Productivity
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.657Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-0274

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-02-16T21:55:02.280

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-0274

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-0274 - Bugzilla

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