CVE-2019-25544

MEDIUM

6.2

Description

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.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.16.2

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie3/21/2026

Derniere modification3/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-807

References

https://pidgin.im/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46930(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pidgin-denial-of-service-via-malformed-username(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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