CVE-2011-3594

N/A Unknown
Published: November 04, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The g_markup_escape_text function in the SILC protocol plug-in in libpurple 2.10.0 and earlier, as used in Pidgin and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid UTF-8 sequences that trigger use of invalid pointers and an out-of-bounds read, related to interactions with certain versions of glib2.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14636
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/be5e66abad2af29604bc794cc4c6600ab12751f3/with/7eb1f6d56cc58bbb5b56b7df53955d36b9b419b8
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=56
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/46376
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:183
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743481
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18034
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14636
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/be5e66abad2af29604bc794cc4c6600ab12751f3/with/7eb1f6d56cc58bbb5b56b7df53955d36b9b419b8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=56
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/46376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:183
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743481
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.2%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

pidgin

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