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CVE-2013-6484

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6484 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.8, specifically within its libpurple STUN protocol implementation. A remote STUN server can trigger an out-of-bounds write and application crash by inducing a socket read error. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.6.6-32.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.7.9-27.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-6484Moderate

pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted stun messages

Jan 28, 2014

References

hg.pidgin.im / pidgin/main/rev/932b985540e9
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
pidgin.im / news/security
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2859
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2100-1