CVE-2013-6482

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.8

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by manipulating OIM XML headers or via crafted SOAP responses, OIM XML responses, or Content-Length headers, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.8, update to version 2.10.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to MSN protocol functionality until the update is applied.