CVE-2010-2528
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.42% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40699Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873
- http://www.osvdb.org/66506
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41881
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2221
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60566
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18359
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40699Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873
- http://www.osvdb.org/66506
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41881
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2221
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60566
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18359
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.