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CVE-2010-2528
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated…
Medium4.0EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- ADV-2010-1887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2010-240-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pidgin-xstatus-dos(60566) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 66506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 40699 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 41881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0 (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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