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Medium
CVE-2010-0423
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/62440
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 24th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.