CVE-2013-6485
pidgin - security update
EPSS 0.69%
Description
Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data.
How to fix CVE-2013-6485
To remediate CVE-2013-6485, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.8-1 or later
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.7.3-1+squeeze4 or later
Is CVE-2013-6485 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.10.8-1
- from 0, < 2.7.3-1+squeeze4