Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23909Denial Of Service (DoS)
0.115 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%
Pidgin is vulnerable Denial of Service (DoS). An invalid pointer dereference bug was found in the way the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation processed lists of contacts. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted contact list to a user running Pidgin, causing Pidgin to crash.
References
developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481
developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0
developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
secunia.com/advisories/37017
secunia.com/advisories/37072
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1535
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414
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