CVE-2011-3594

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3594
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-11-04 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:34:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pidgin Libpurple 1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.3.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.10 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.11 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.8.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.9.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.0.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.2.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.3.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.5.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.6.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.10 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.11 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.8.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.9.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pidgin Security Advisories CONFIRM pidgin.im
Red Hat update for pidgin - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:183 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
404 Not Found MISC developer.pidgin.im
743481 – (CVE-2011-3594) CVE-2011-3594 libpurple: invalid UTF-8 string handling in SILC messages MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
#14636 (Heap memory corruption using g_markup_escape_text() without sanitizing first) – Pidgin – Trac CONFIRM developer.pidgin.im Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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