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
0.12 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%
The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | pidgin | <Β 2.5.6-1 | pidgin_2.5.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | pidgin | <Β 2.5.6-1 | pidgin_2.5.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | pidgin | <Β 2.5.6-1 | pidgin_2.5.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | pidgin | <Β 2.5.6-1 | pidgin_2.5.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | pidgin | <Β 2.5.6-1 | pidgin_2.5.6-1_all.deb |