CVE-2013-0272
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.86% (87th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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6.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (52)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (19)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/879db2a9a59ccnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52178cnnvd
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66cnnvd
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/879db2a9a59cenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66enisa_euvd
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