CVE-2011-4602 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.1-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.0+44

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f6vj-77mr-4rfr: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-4602: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2↗2011-12-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2012-07-09
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Red Hat
pidgin: Multiple NULL pointer deference flaws by processing certain Jingle stanzas in the XMPP protocol plug-in↗2011-12-10
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Debian
CVE-2011-4602: pidgin - The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly ...↗2011
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4601 CVE-2011-4602 CVE-2011-4603 pidgin various flaws [fedora-all]↗2011-12-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4602 pidgin: Multiple NULL pointer deference flaws by processing certain Jingle stanzas in the XMPP protocol plug-in↗2011-12-08
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