CVE-2013-6479

pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers

Published Feb 6, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory for HTTP responses that are inconsistent with the Content-Length header, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted response.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2859-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6283 util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory for HTTP responses that are inconsistent with the Content-Length header, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted response.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:39 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2014, 4:10 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 AM