CVE-2011-3594
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-3594 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2011-11-04 21:55:07 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| #14636 (Heap memory corruption using g_markup_escape_text() without sanitizing first) – Pidgin – Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | developer.pidgin.im | Exploit |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Pidgin Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | pidgin.im | |
| Red Hat update for pidgin - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:183 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| 743481 – (CVE-2011-3594) CVE-2011-3594 libpurple: invalid UTF-8 string handling in SILC messages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| 404 Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | developer.pidgin.im | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.