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GHSA-8xq8-jg9h-c7fc

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-8xq8-jg9h-c7fc
Published
May 17, 2022 2:52 AM
Last Modified
April 20, 2025 3:30 AM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 12, 2025 6:29 AM

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