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 message.

Read the notes from the security team

• How can I get the fixes?
• What do statuses mean?

Notes

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/1
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3185