Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers…

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.5% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• [oss-security] 20100102 CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 277450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 37954 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1022203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-0368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-0429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-0013](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-0013.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-0013)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:37 UTC.