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CVE-2010-1624
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.6%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- RHSA-2010:0788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 40138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1014-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- pidgin-slp-packets-dos(58559) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 41899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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