Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2011-1091

libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pidgin — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References