CVE-2013-0272

pidgin: MXit protocol stack-based buffer overflow when processing HTTP headers

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in http.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP header.

Desbordamiento de búfer en http.c en el plugin de protocolo MXit en libpurple en Pidgin anteiror a v2.10.7 permite a servidores remotos ejecutar código mediante un header HTTP de gran longitud.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin may allow execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 2.10.9 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-12-06 CVE Reserved
2013-02-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/879db2a9a59c	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17474	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html	2017-09-19
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66	2017-09-19
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272	2013-03-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910040	2013-03-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				<= 2.10.6 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version " <= 2.10.6"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.0.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.1.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.1.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.1.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.1.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.2.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.2.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.2.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.2.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.3.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.3.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.3.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.3.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.4.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.4.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.4.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.4.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.4.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.4.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.4.3 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.4.3"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.3 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.3"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.4 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.4"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.5 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.5"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.6 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.6"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.7 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.7"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.8 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.8"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.5.9 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.5.9"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.4 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.4"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.5 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.5"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.6.6 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.6.6"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.3 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.3"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.4 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.4"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.5 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.5"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.6 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.6"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.7 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.7"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.8 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.8"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.9 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.9"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.10 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.10"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.7.11 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.7.11"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.8.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.9.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.0"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.1"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.2"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.3 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.3"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.4 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.4"		-		Affected
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				2.10.5 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.5"		-		Affected