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 a…

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1. Mar 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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.

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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.

Affected

• cpe pidgin/pidgin2.13.0

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25544

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25544

  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 j

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Product · pidgin.im
• Exploit · exploit-db.com
• Third Party Advisory · vulncheck.com