CVE-2010-0423 — Pidgin vulnerability

CWE-3998 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
8.8%
top 7.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.6.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.6.6-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.6.5+28

Patches

Patch: pidgin.im ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-755g-9f69-83cm: gtkimhtml↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2010-0423: gtkimhtml↗2010-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2010-02-22
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Red Hat
pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service↗2010-02-18
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Debian
CVE-2010-0423: pidgin - gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ...↗2010
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-0277 CVE-2010-0420 CVE-2010-0423 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities [Fedora all]↗2010-02-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-0423 pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service↗2010-02-16
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