Description
libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.
Published: 2011-03-14
Score: 4.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1105 libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1273-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.763Z

Reserved: 2011-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1091

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-14T19:55:02.620

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1091

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1091 - Bugzilla

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