CVE-2010-1624 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.1%
top 13.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
PidginDebian PidginCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 14
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpidgin/pidgin< 2.7.0
▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.7.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.7.0-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 10.10, 8.04, 9.10

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-254x-7xj8-2w85: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2010-1624: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp↗2010-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2010-11-04
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Red Hat
Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)↗2010-05-12
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Debian
CVE-2010-1624: pidgin - The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple i...↗2010
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference) [Fedora all]↗2010-05-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)↗2010-05-07
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