CVE-2010-3711
EPSS 1.4%
Description
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
How to fix CVE-2010-3711
To remediate CVE-2010-3711, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.7.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2010-3711 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.4-1