Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
Published: 2011-12-17
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4526 The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1500-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:19.335Z

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

Link: CVE-2011-4602

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-17T03:54:45.993

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

Link: CVE-2011-4602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2011-4602 - Bugzilla

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