{"action":"Upgrade pidgin to 2.10.1-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.10.1-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"pidgin","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.10.1-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9XAWDGCJ2MYWDBC658ZJK","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:27.612362057Z","published_at":"2011-12-17T03:54:46.120Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4603","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4603"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4603#Debian:13/pidgin","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4603"}],"summary":"The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attacker"}