CVE-2010-0420 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.3%
top 12.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 2

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 sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.6.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.6.6-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.6.5+28

Patches

Patch: developer.pidgin.im ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: developer.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r3rc-v556-7p45: libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2010-0420: libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2↗2010-02-24
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
PHP 5.3.5 - 'grapheme_extract()' Null Pointer Dereference↗2011-02-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2010-02-22
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Red Hat
pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash↗2010-02-18
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Debian
CVE-2010-0420: pidgin - libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) ro...↗2010
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-0277 CVE-2010-0420 CVE-2010-0423 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities [Fedora all]↗2010-02-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-0420 pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash↗2010-02-16
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