Pidgin 2.13.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an excessively…
VulnCheck·CWE-807·Published 2026-03-21
Pidgin 2.13.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an excessively long username string during account creation. Attackers can input a buffer of 1000 characters in the username field and trigger a crash when joining a chat, causing the application to become unavailable.
Pidgin 2.13.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an excessively long username string during account creation. Attackers can input a buffer of 1000 characters in the username field and trigger a crash when joining a chat, causing the application to become unavailable.
Pidgin 2.13.0 contiene una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio que permite a atacantes locales colapsar la aplicación al proporcionar una cadena de nombre de usuario excesivamente larga durante la creación de la cuenta. Los atacantes pueden introducir un búfer de 1000 caracteres en el campo de nombre de usuario y provocar un colapso al unirse a un chat, haciendo que la aplicación deje de estar disponible.
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Impact | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 6.2 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 6.2 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | NVD | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | NVD | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 4.0 | Primary | cve.org | 6.9 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 4.0 | Primary | cve.org | 6.9 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 4.0 | Secondary | NVD | 6.9 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |