CVE-2011-3594

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…

published November 4, 2011

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03194 · 87.9th percentile
Published
2011-11-04T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 NOV 21:00Z
    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…
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