CVE-2014-3698 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3698?

CVE-2014-3698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 29 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted XMPP message.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3698?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pidgin Pidgin.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3698?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin

• CVE-2013-6490 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-1000030 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-6486 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2011-3185 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-1376 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.3

All Pidgin Pidgin vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3698, GHSA-q7w8-7jp2-2p9v, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3698.