CVE-2010-1624

Medium

Description

The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductPidgin
PublishedMay 14, 2010
First seenMay 14, 2010

How to fix

Update
  • pidgin pidgin2.7.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pidgin pidginv < 2.7.02.7.0
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10—

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