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CVE-2010-0423 Details

Description

gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1) IM or (2) chat.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html	CVE
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56394	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17554	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842	CVE
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/62440	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020	CVE
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56394	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17554	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842	[email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/62440	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020	[email protected]

see all 52 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pidgin pidgin	<= 2.6.5 2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

pidgin pidgin

<= 2.6.5

2.0.0

2.0.1

2.0.2

2.1.0

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 25, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]