Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2026· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2019-25544
CVE-2019-25544
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.13.0
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References
3- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46930nvdExploitVDB Entry
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pidgin-denial-of-service-via-malformed-usernamenvdThird Party Advisory
- pidgin.imnvdProduct
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