CVE-2011-3594
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-11-04 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-09-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 90d85b2e1e1753344ea613e3de0bbc62f1d8cdfeef66629ee944bae06fbe44c6
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18034https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18034
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/be5e66abad2af29604bc794cc4c6600ab12751f3/with/7eb1f6d56cc58bbb5b56b7df53955d36b9b419b8
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743481
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:183http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:183
- secunia.com46376http://secunia.com/advisories/46376
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14636
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1371http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html
- pidgin.imhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=56
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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