CVE-2010-2528 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Pidgin

CWE-399CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateMay 17

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.7.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.7.2-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.7.1+31

Patches

Patch: www.pidgin.im ↗Patch: www.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6326-h87r-x9gf: The clientautoresp function in family_icbm↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2010-2528: The clientautoresp function in family_icbm↗2010-07-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
pidgin: ICQ X-Status denial of service (NULL deref)↗2010-07-21
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Debian
CVE-2010-2528: pidgin - The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in lib...↗2010
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2528 pidgin: ICQ X-Status denial of service (NULL deref)↗2010-07-22
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