| Name | CVE-2010-0423 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2038-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 572946 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pidgin (PTS) | bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.13-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gaim | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| gaim | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | |
| pidgin | source | lenny | 2.4.3-4lenny6 | | DSA-2038-1 | |
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.6.6-1 | low | | |
| qutecom | source | (unstable) | 2.2~rc3.hg396~dfsg1-6 | low | | 572946 |
Notes
[lenny] - gaim <not-affected> (gaim is a transitional dummy package only)