CVE-2014-3698 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Pidgin

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-201 — Sensitive Info Insertion into Sent Data9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.4
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted XMPP message.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.10-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.10-1+3
▶Ubuntupidgin/pidgin< 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.9+9

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q7w8-7jp2-2p9v: The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-3698: The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil↗2014-10-29
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OSV
pidgin vulnerabilities↗2014-10-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2014-10-28
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Red Hat
pidgin: remote information leak via crafted XMPP message↗2014-10-22
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Debian
CVE-2014-3698: pidgin - The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in lib...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3694 CVE-2014-3695 CVE-2014-3696 CVE-2014-3698 pidgin: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2014-10-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3698 pidgin: remote information leak via crafted XMPP message↗2014-10-21
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