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pidgin: DoS when decoding non-UTF-8 strings in Yahoo protocol plugin

🗓️ 05 Feb 2014 17:42:24Reported by RedHatType 
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DoS in Yahoo protocol plugin of Pidgin before 2.10.8 due to improper UTF-8 validation causing crash.

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13 Jan 2026 22:11Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 25
EPSS0.0379
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