CVE-2014-0020 Denial of service in n/a
Remote IRC servers can crash the Pidgin application by sending crafted messages due to missing argument count validation in the IRC plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0020?
CVE-2014-0020 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0020?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0020?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-0020 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0020 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0020, GHSA-pr3h-vf2g-qqff.