CVE-2010-0423
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-0423 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-02-24 18:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1) IM or (2) chat. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.5.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | 2.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc12 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Red Hat update for pidgin - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| ChangeLog – Pidgin – Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | developer.pidgin.im | |
| Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Weaknesses - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| www.osvdb.org/62440 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| Pidgin Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | pidgin.im | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc13 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Bug 565792 – CVE-2010-0423 pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2038-1 pidgin | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:041 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Ubuntu update for pidgin - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Fedora update for pidgin - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:085 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Debian update for pidgin - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| USN-902-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2010-02-25 | Tomas Hoger | The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, this issue was addressed via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html We currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 as the issue only causes Pidgin client to become unresponsive or crash. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.