CVE-2010-0423

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.80% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory pidgin.im Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 vdb entry
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/62440 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842 vdb entry signature
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56394 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17554 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third party advisory
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0423?
CVE-2010-0423 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0423?
To fix CVE-2010-0423, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0423 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0423 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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