CVE-2010-3711
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.27% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfccPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41893Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41899Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42075
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42294
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208
- http://www.osvdb.org/68773
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfccPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.