CVE-2010-1624

Pidgin < 2.7.0 - Denial of Service via Malformed SLP Message

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973
Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39801
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/41899
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755

Scores

EPSS 0.0559
EPSS Percentile 92.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10
pidgin/pidgin < 2.7.0
Published May 14, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026