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CVE-2010-0423

Date: (C)2010-02-24 (M)2024-02-01

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.

CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -

CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 5.0
Exploit Score: 10.0
Impact Score: 2.9

CVSS V2 Metrics:
Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Reference:

FEDORA-2010-1279

FEDORA-2010-1383

FEDORA-2010-1934

SUSE-SR:2010:006

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17554

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9842

pidgin-smileys-dos(56394)

cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0
cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1
cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0
cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1
...

oval:org.secpod.oval:def:600039
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:100842
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:100567
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:201944
...

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