CVE-2019-25544
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 6.2
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.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | farstream | 0.2.8-5.2.4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | gssdp | 0.14.16-7.2.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | gupnp | 0.20.18-8.5.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | gupnp-igd | 0.2.4-6.2.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | libgnt | 2.14.3-4.3.8 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | libnice | 0.1.13-7.2.3 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | pidgin | 2.14.8-3.9.3 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | farstream | 0.2.8-5.2.4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | gssdp | 0.14.16-7.2.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | gupnp | 0.20.18-8.5.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | gupnp-igd | 0.2.4-6.2.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | libgnt | 2.14.3-4.3.8 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | libnice | 0.1.13-7.2.3 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | pidgin | 2.14.8-3.9.3 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | pidgin | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | pidgin | no fix |