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Medium
CVE-2010-1624
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39801
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41899
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c
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Affected Vendor
pidgin
View all reports →Affected Software
pidgin, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 14th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.