CVE-2010-4528 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
Medium 4.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4528 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-4528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 7 Jan 2011.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4528 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Pidgin Pidgin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4528/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4528/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4528?
CVE-2010-4528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 7 Jan 2011.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4528?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Pidgin Libpurple, Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4528?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2010-4528 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4528 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
- CVE-2009-2703 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2009-3083 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2009-3084 The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1, as used in Pi
- CVE-2009-3085 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2011-3594 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4528, GHSA-jmfm-mjhr-jhgw.