medium5.0
CVE-2010-0423
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1)…
Impact
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1) IM or (2) chat.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin | Pidgin | through 2.6.5 Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- http://www.osvdb.org/62440
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56394
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17554
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842