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CVE-2011-4602

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing...

5.0 MediumFix available

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Exploit likelihood

3.58%Up 2.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
CVE-2011-4602
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
CVE-2011-4602
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-4526 No score

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
EUVD-2011-4526
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f6vj-77mr-4rfr No score

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing...

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
GHSA-f6vj-77mr-4rfr
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
CVE-2011-4602
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-4602 No score

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4602
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin
Debian:12
 before 2.10.1-1
2.10.1-1
pidgin
Debian:13
 before 2.10.1-1
2.10.1-1
pidgin
Debian:14
 before 2.10.1-1
2.10.1-1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.6-10.el4
0:2.6.6-10.el4
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
finch
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
finch-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-3.el6.2
0:2.7.9-3.el6.2

History

History
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In short

CVE-2011-4602 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Pidgin, published December 17, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.58%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.10.1-1.

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