CVE-2010-1624 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1624?

CVE-2010-1624 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 May 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1624?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Pidgin Pidgin.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1624?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-1624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1624, GHSA-254x-7xj8-2w85.