CVE-2013-6489
Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2013-6489- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-189
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2013-6489- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-6292 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2013-6292- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-785p-pwpw-8h24 No score
Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-785p-pwpw-8h24- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2013-6489- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-6489 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6489- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0034 No score
Updated pidgin package fixes security vulnerabilities
Many places in the Yahoo! protocol plugin assumed incoming strings were UTF-8 and failed to transcode from non-UTF-8 encodings. This can lead to a crash when receiving strings that aren't UTF-8 (CVE-2012-6152).
A remote XMPP user can trigger a crash on some systems by sending a message with a timestamp in the distant future (CVE-2013-6477).
libX11 forcefully exits causing a crash when Pidgin tries to create an exceptionally wide tooltip window when hovering the pointer over a long URL (CVE-2013-6478).
A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a malformed HTTP response that could lead to a crash (CVE-2013-6479).
The Yahoo! protocol plugin failed to validate a length field before trying to read from a buffer, which could result in reading past the end of the buffer which could cause a crash when reading a P2P message (CVE-2013-6481).
NULL pointer dereferences in the MSN protocol plugin due to a malformed Content-Length header, or a malicious server or man-in-the-middle sending a specially crafted OIM data XML response or SOAP response (CVE-2013-6482).
The XMPP protocol plugin failed to ensure that iq replies came from the person they were sent to. A remote user could send a spoofed iq reply and attempt to guess the iq id. This could allow an attacker to inject fake data or trigger a null pointer dereference (CVE-2013-6483).
Incorrect error handling when reading the response from a STUN server could lead to a crash (CVE-2013-6484).
A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could cause a buffer overflow by sending a malformed HTTP response with chunked Transfer-Encoding with invalid chunk sizes (CVE-2013-6485).
A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a large value for Content-Length and cause an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu HTTP parsing (CVE-2013-6487).
A specially crafted emoticon value could cause an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer overflow in MXit emoticon parsing (CVE-2013-6489).
A Content-Length of -1 could lead to a buffer overflow in SIMPLE header parsing (CVE-2013-6490).
A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could trigger a crash in IRC argument parsing in libpurple by sending a message with fewer than expected arguments (CVE-2014-0020).
- Record
MGASA-2014-0034- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pidginDebian:12 |
before 2.10.8-1 | 2.10.8-1 |
pidginDebian:13 |
before 2.10.8-1 | 2.10.8-1 |
pidginDebian:14 |
before 2.10.8-1 | 2.10.8-1 |
pidginDebian:7 |
before 2.10.9-1~deb7u1, plus listed versions 2.10.6-32.10.7-12.10.7-22.10.7-2~bpo70+12.10.8-12.10.9-1~bpo60+1 |
2.10.9-1~deb7u1 |
pidginMageia:3 |
before 2.10.9-1.mga3 | 2.10.9-1.mga3 |
finchRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
libpurpleRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
libpurple-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
libpurple-tclRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
pidginRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pidgin-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
pidgin-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
finch-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
libpurple-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
pidginRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
pidgin-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
pidgin-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation |
before 0:2.6.6-32.el5 | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
libpurpleRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidginRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finchRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finch-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-tclRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-docsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finchRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finch-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurpleRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-tclRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidginRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-docsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurpleRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidginRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finchRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
finch-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
libpurple-tclRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-docsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
pidgin-perlRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation |
before 0:2.7.9-27.el6 | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-6489 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Pidgin, published February 5, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.81%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.10.8-1.
References
pidgin.im/news/security?id=83
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
securityfocus.com/bid/65192
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4c897372b5a4
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6489
github.com/advisories/GHSA-785p-pwpw-8h24
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6489
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0034.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12468
pidgin.im/news/security?id=70
pidgin.im/news/security?id=71
pidgin.im/news/security?id=72
pidgin.im/news/security?id=73
pidgin.im/news/security?id=74
pidgin.im/news/security?id=75
pidgin.im/news/security?id=76
pidgin.im/news/security?id=77
pidgin.im/news/security?id=78
pidgin.im/news/security?id=79
pidgin.im/news/security?id=80
pidgin.im/news/security?id=82
pidgin.im/news/security?id=84
pidgin.im/news/security?id=85
developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0139
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
pidgin.im/news/security
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056473
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056479
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056904
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056907
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056908
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056913
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056978
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057481
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057484
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057489
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057490
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057498
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057502
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0139.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6152
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6152
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6152
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6477
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6477
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6477
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6478
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6478
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6478
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6479
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6479
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6479
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6481
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6481
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6481
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6482
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6482
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6482
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6483
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6483
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6483
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6484
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6484
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6484
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6485
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6485
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6485
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6487
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6487
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6487
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6489
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6489
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6490
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6490
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6490
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0020
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0020
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0020