CVE-2011-3185
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endIncluding":"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 | |
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45663
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519391/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49268
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69342
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18324
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3185
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.