CVE-2011-1091
EPSS 1.5%
Description
libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.
How to fix CVE-2011-1091
To remediate CVE-2011-1091, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.7.11-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1091 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.11-1