CVE-2019-25544

EUVD-2019-19837
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.2 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VulnCheckCNA
6.2 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
pidginpidgin
2.13.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
pidgin
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
questing
needs-triage
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://pidgin.im/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46930
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pidgin-denial-of-service-via-malformed-username