CVE-2014-0020

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    CVE-2014-0020

    Published: 6 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

    References: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=85, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d9be297d399, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5845d9fa7084, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6b0e0566af20, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/7d0fb0c6d8d4, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/9f132a6855cd, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a167504359e5, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html

    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
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