CVE-2011-4602
EPSS 1.5%
Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
How to fix CVE-2011-4602
To remediate CVE-2011-4602, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-4602 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.10.1-1