CVE-2010-4528 (GCVE-0-2010-4528)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-07 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
VLAI
Summary
directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665421 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2010-December/… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0054 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42824 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2010-12-26 00:00
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