CVE-2014-0020

pidgin: DoS in IRC protocol plugin due to arguement parsing

Published Feb 6, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2859-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0121 The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:58 AM
Reserved
Dec 3, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2014, 4:10 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:02 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 AM