CVE-2010-4528

Pidgin: MSN DirectConnect DoS (crash) after receiving a short P2P message

Published Jan 7, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4496 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:51 AM
Reserved
Dec 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 7, 2011, 12:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:24 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 26, 2010, 12:00 AM