CVE-2011-3635

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3635
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-23 10:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme_adium_append_message function in empathy-theme-adium.c in the Adium theme in libempathy-gtk in Empathy 3.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted alias (aka nickname).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Empathy 0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.11 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.12 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.13 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.14 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.5.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.21.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.22.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.22.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.23.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.23.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.23.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.23.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.6 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.8 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 0.9 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.23.6 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.23.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.23.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.23.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.24.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.24.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.25.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.26.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.26.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.26.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.26.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.1.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.91.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.27.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.1.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.1.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.28.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.6 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.91.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.91.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.29.93 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.0.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.1.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.30.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.6 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.31.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.32.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.32.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.32.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.32.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.33.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.33.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.33.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.33.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.34.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.4.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.4.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.6 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.6.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.90.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.90.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.91.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 2.91.93 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.0.0 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.0.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.2 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.3 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.4 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.5 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.90 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.90.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.91 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.1.92 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy 3.2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Empathy All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA46510 - GNOME Empathy Nickname Script Insertion Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Empathy 'nickname' Field Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA46939 - SUSE update for empathy - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 662035 – HTML injection in nicknames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Patch
747599 – (CVE-2011-3635) CVE-2011-3635 empathy: XSS due improper escaping of nicknames in the Adium theme af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
theme_adium_append_message: escape alias before displaying it (739aca41) · Commits · GNOME / empathy · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
osvdb.org/76485 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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