{"id":"CVE-2015-8833","details":"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the \"Authenticate buddy\" menu item.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:42:34.217725258Z","published":"2016-04-12T01:59:27Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:15:18.528188Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:0912-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10258-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11173-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3528"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/39-Heap-use-after-free-in-Pidgin-OTR-plugin-CVE-2015-8833.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00095.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00109.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/13"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/09/8"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84295"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.otr.im/issues/128"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.otr.im/issues/88"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.otr.im/projects/pidgin-otr/repository/revisions/aaf551b9dd5cbba8c4abaa3d4dc7ead860efef94"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002582.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}