CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-3185
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a file: URL in a message.
Affected configurations
• pidgin pidgin (<= 2.9.0)
• pidgin pidgin 2.0.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.0.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.0.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.1.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.1.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.2.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.2.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.2.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.3.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.3.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.4.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.4.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.4.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.4.3
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.3
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.4
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.5
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.6
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.7
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.8
• pidgin pidgin 2.5.9
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.4
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.5
• pidgin pidgin 2.6.6
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.0
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.1
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.2
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.3
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.4
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.5
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.6
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.7
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.8
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.9
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.10
• pidgin pidgin 2.7.11
• pidgin pidgin 2.8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c Patch
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37 Patch
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45663 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961 securitytracker.com
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm www.insomniasec.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/ www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519391/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49268 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69342 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18324 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c Patch
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37 Patch
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45663 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961 securitytracker.com
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm www.insomniasec.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/ www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519391/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49268 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69342 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18324 oval.cisecurity.org