CVE-2011-4603

pidgin: SILC remote crash on channel messages

Published Dec 17, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3594.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4527 The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3594.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1500-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:09 AM
Reserved
Nov 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 17, 2011, 3:54 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:35 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 11, 2011, 12:00 AM