Description
Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted emoticon value, which triggers an integer overflow and a buffer overflow.
Published: 2014-02-06
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2859-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6292 Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted emoticon value, which triggers an integer overflow and a buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:46:22.276Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6489

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-06T17:00:05.867

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

Link: CVE-2013-6489

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6489 - Bugzilla

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