CVE-2014-3697 — Path Traversal in Pidgin

CWE-22 — Path Traversal6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.9+9
▶debiandebian/pidgin

Patches

Patch: hg.pidgin.im ↗Patch: pidgin.im ↗Patch: hg.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-wxw5-wrpr-5mpw: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-3697: pidgin - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar...↗2014
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Talos Discovered Three More Vulnerabilities in Pidgin↗2014-11-07
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Talos
Talos Discovered Three More Vulnerabilities in Pidgin↗2014-11-07
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-0091 Foreman: Improper input validation↗2014-03-05
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