CVE-2011-4603
EPSS 1.2%
Description
The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3594.
How to fix CVE-2011-4603
To remediate CVE-2011-4603, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-4603 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.10.1-1