CVE-2013-6483 in Pidgin
Summary
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted reply.
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Reservation
11/04/2013
Disclosure
02/06/2014
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12113 | Pidgin XMPP Protocol Plugin input validation | 20 | Unproven | Official fix | CVE-2013-6483 |