CVE-2011-1091 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Pidgin versions 2.6.0 through 2.7.10, specifically within the libpurple Yahoo! protocol plugin. This flaw allows remote authenticated users or Yahoo! servers to crash the application via malformed YMSG notification or SMS packets, respectively, due to a NULL pointer dereference. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring authentication and resulting only in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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