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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.5.1, 2.5.6, 2.4.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- pidgin.im/news/security/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38563 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38640 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38658 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38712 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)