CVE-2010-0420
N/A
Published: February 24, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
References (26)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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