CVE-2010-0420

Pidgin < 2.6.6 - Denial of Service via XMPP Multi-User Chat Nickname Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.

References (26)

Core 26
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/62439
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Scores

EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (29)
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.2
pidgin/pidgin 2.1.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.1.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.2
pidgin/pidgin 2.3.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.3.1
... and 19 more
Published Feb 24, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026