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GHSA-hvf5-wpx9-vrrj
GHSA-hvf5-wpx9-vrrj
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-02 url
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html url
- http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188 url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html url
- http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html url
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6487 advisory
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 url