CVE-2013-6481 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.8, specifically within the libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c component. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the application by sending a specially crafted Yahoo! P2P message that triggers a buffer over-read. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to denial of service (application crash) with no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public attention and perceived threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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