CVE-2010-3711

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    CVE-2010-3711

    Published: 28 Oct 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48, http://secunia.com/advisories/41893, http://secunia.com/advisories/41899, http://secunia.com/advisories/42075, http://secunia.com/advisories/42294, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870, http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc, http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352, http://www.osvdb.org/68773, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506

    Affected packages

    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