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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…
Medium4.0EPSS 2.6%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- ADV-2011-0661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0616 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5cbe18129b6e7c660bc093f7e5e1414ceca17d04/with/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=51 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683031 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-3150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 43721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2011-070-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- pidgin-yahoo-protocol-dos(66055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 46376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 43695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1371 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-3113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .