CVE-2011-4602 in Pidgin

Summary

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 11/29/2011
• Disclosure: 12/16/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-59765 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.01535
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4602
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4602
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-4602/