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CVE-2011-3185: 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…

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 38/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 92% of all records.
  • No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Aug 29, 2011
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.7% · 92th percentile

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.7%

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VendorProduct
pidginpidgin
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pidgin pidginup to 2.9.0 inclusive
  • pidgin pidgin2.0.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.0.1
  • pidgin pidgin2.0.2
  • pidgin pidgin2.1.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.1.1
  • pidgin pidgin2.2.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.2.1
+12 more rows
  • pidgin pidgin2.2.2
  • pidgin pidgin2.3.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.3.1
  • pidgin pidgin2.4.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.4.1
  • pidgin pidgin2.4.2
  • pidgin pidgin2.4.3
  • pidgin pidgin2.5.0
  • pidgin pidgin2.5.1
  • pidgin pidgin2.5.2
  • pidgin pidgin2.5.3
  • pidgin pidgin2.5.4

Same product

pidgin: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-2694The msn_slplink_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c in libpurple, as used in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.9 and…
    46Plan
  • CVE-2013-6490The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a negative…
    44Plan
  • CVE-2017-2640An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin before 2.12.0 processed XML content.
    41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2011-1091Mar 14, 2011 · libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial…
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2011-3184Aug 29, 2011 · The msn_httpconn_parse_data function in httpconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly handle…
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2011-4602Dec 16, 2011 · The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat…
    21Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

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