Is CVE-2010-1624 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1624 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1624?

CVE-2010-1624 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-1624

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 5.6% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1647)
Published: May 14, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1647 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
pidgin / pidgin

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c(Broken Link)
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39801(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41899(Not Applicable)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097(Broken Link)
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141(Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755(Permissions Required)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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