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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 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.

    Published:Jul 21, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 29, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.02081
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Pidgin
    Product
    Pidgin

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c
    http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40699
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873
    http://www.osvdb.org/66506
    http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41881
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2221
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60566
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18359
    http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c
    http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40699
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873
    http://www.osvdb.org/66506
    http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41881
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2221
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60566
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18359

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High