CVE-2011-3185
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3152)
- Published
- August 29, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3152 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- pidgin / pidgin
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References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c(Patch)
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37(Patch)
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45663(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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