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CVE-2019-25544

CVE-2019-25544 · Pidgin 2.13.0 Denial of Service via Malformed Username

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Pidgin 2.13.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an excessively long username string during account creation. Attackers can input a buffer of 1000 characters in the username field and trigger a crash when joining a chat, causing the application to become unavailable.

CVSS 6.9 · Medium · EPSS 0.2%

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • pidgin

    Versions
    • 2.13.0: Affected

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
    • 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3
    • 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4
    • 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1
    • 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.12.0-1ubuntu2
    • 1:2.12.0-1ubuntu4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.13.0-2.2ubuntu1
    • 1:2.13.0-2.2ubuntu2
    • 1:2.13.0-2.2ubuntu3
    • 1:2.13.0-2.2ubuntu4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.14.1-1ubuntu1
    • 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu1
    • 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2
    • 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.14.12-1ubuntu1
    • 1:2.14.12-1ubuntu2
    • 1:2.14.13-1ubuntu1
    • 1:2.14.13-1ubuntu2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu1
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu3
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • pidgin Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu2
    • 1:2.14.14-1ubuntu3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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