Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2010-0423

gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1) IM or (2) chat.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pidgin — versions 2.5.1, 2.5.6, 2.4.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References