Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
rpm rhel6	pidgin	<0:2.7.9-27.el6	0:2.7.9-27.el6
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.6.6-32.el5	0:2.6.6-32.el5

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-64892. NVD-2013-64893. OSV-DEBIAN-2013-64894. OSV-2013-64895. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2013-6489

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