CVE-2011-3594
EPSS 0.96%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-3594
To remediate CVE-2011-3594, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-3594 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.10.1-1