CVE-2010-2528
N/A
Published: July 29, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.
Remediation
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References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40699Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
Source: [email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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