4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2011-2943

Published: 29/08/2011 Updated: 19/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The irc_msg_who function in msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple 2.8.0 up to and including 2.9.0 in Pidgin prior to 2.10.0 does not properly validate characters in nicknames, which allows user-assisted remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted nickname that is not properly handled in a WHO response.

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