CVE-2015-8833
Published · Updated
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 7.0%
exploitation probability
7.0%top 6% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Use-after-free vulnerability in the create_smp_dialog function in gtk-dialog.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 4.0.2 for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the "Authenticate buddy" menu item.
Affected products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00095.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00109.htmlhttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/39-Heap-use-after-free-in-Pidgin-OTR-plugin-CVE-2015-8833.htmlhttps://bugs.otr.im/issues/128https://bugs.otr.im/issues/88https://bugs.otr.im/projects/pidgin-otr/repository/revisions/aaf551b9dd5cbba8c4abaa3d4dc7ead860efef94https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002582.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3528http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/13http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/8http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84295