Description
family_feedbag.c in the oscar 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 (1) AIM or (2) ICQ message associated with buddy-list addition.
Published: 2011-12-25
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4525 family_feedbag.c in the oscar 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 (1) AIM or (2) ICQ message associated with buddy-list addition.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1500-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03707}

epss

{'score': 0.0379}


Subscriptions

Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:19.367Z

Reserved: 2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4601

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-25T01:55:02.130

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

Link: CVE-2011-4601

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4601 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses