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DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3594
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3594
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
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 Scores
CVSS v4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | pidgin | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | pidgin | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | pidgin | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | pidgin | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 4, 2011 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated