Description
The g_markup_escape_text function in the SILC protocol plug-in in libpurple 2.10.0 and earlier, as used in Pidgin and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid UTF-8 sequences that trigger use of invalid pointers and an out-of-bounds read, related to interactions with certain versions of glib2.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-3553 | The g_markup_escape_text function in the SILC protocol plug-in in libpurple 2.10.0 and earlier, as used in Pidgin and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid UTF-8 sequences that trigger use of invalid pointers and an out-of-bounds read, related to interactions with certain versions of glib2. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1273-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:48.393Z
Reserved: 2011-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-3594
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-11-04T21:55:07.083
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-3594
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN