CVE-2010-1624
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 9.10 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.7.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.7.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.7.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.7.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endExcluding":"2.7.0"} | 2.7.0 |
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41899
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1624
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.