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CVSSv2

CVE-2010-1624

Published: 14/05/2010 Updated: 31/03/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin prior to 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.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: pidgin security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact Common Vulnera ...
Pierre Noguès discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled malformed SLP messages in the MSN protocol handler A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service This issue only affected Ubuntu 804 LTS, 910 and 1004 LTS (CVE-2010-1624) ...