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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 user

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.01469
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

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pidginall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD14 Mar 2011 · 07:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
usnUSN-1273-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1371Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2011:0616Low
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5cbe18129b6e7c660bc093f7e5e1414ceca17d04/with/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.cPatch
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055874.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056309.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43695Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43721
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