Unscored severity · published Mar 14, 2011
CVE-2011-1091
libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference…
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CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pidgin · Pidgin
2.6.0; 2.6.1; 2.6.2; 2.6.4; 2.6.5; 2.6.6; +11 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1091
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1091
Patch
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5cbe18129b6e7c660bc093f7e5e1414ceca17d04/with/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c
Patch
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055874.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056309.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43695
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43721
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