6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.056 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.2%
family_feedbag.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AIM or (2) ICQ message associated with buddy-list addition.
developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/bc79b1bf09dcfa1d8edac86a06761fce7416e69c/with/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_feedbag.c
developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3
pidgin.im/news/security/?id=57
secunia.com/advisories/47219
secunia.com/advisories/47234
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:183
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/10/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/10/2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1820.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1821.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/51010
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13195955
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18408