CVE-2010-0423
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.
- EPSS
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- pidgin:pidgin
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html