CVE-2010-0277 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution in Pidgin and Adium via malformed MSN protocol messages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0277?
CVE-2010-0277 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 9 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed MSNSLP INVITE request in an SLP message, a different issue than CVE-2010-0013.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0277?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Adium Adium, Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0277?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-0277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0277, GHSA-rj5f-77wg-8qgv.