CVE-2010-4528
N/A
Published: January 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPidginLibpurple
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
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/viewmtn/revision/diff/e76f4ad4ef2f10588195a0eedc7a08f82062f79c/with/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031/libpurple/protocols/msn/directconn.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052862.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052905.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
References (19)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052862.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052905.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2010-December/009251.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42732Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42824Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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