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.