VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4939
The pidgin_conv_chat_rename_user function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by changing a nickname while in an XMPP chat room.
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 3.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The pidgin_conv_chat_rename_user function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by changing a nickname while in an XMPP chat room.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.51% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14392
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/10ead4688e3af4132d454fa3bc241480500651c9/with/d1d77da56217f3a083e1d459bef054db9f1d5699/pidgin/gtkconv.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/d1d77da56217f3a083e1d459bef054db9f1d5699
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=60Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18406
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14392
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/10ead4688e3af4132d454fa3bc241480500651c9/with/d1d77da56217f3a083e1d459bef054db9f1d5699/pidgin/gtkconv.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/d1d77da56217f3a083e1d459bef054db9f1d5699
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=60Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18406
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.