libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote…

Description

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• FEDORA-2010-17130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2753 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• pidgin-purplebase64decode-dos(62708) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SSA:2010-305-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-16629 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1024623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 44283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 42294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42075 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 68773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0890 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1014-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 41893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-16876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 41899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-3711](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-3711.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-3711)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:18 UTC.