CVE-2010-2528

Description

The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.

How to fix CVE-2010-2528

To remediate CVE-2010-2528, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.7.2-1 or later

Is CVE-2010-2528 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.7.2-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2528