CVE-2011-4601 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.1, specifically within the oscar protocol plugin's family_feedbag.c. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a specially crafted AIM or ICQ message during a buddy-list addition, due to improper UTF-8 validation. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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