CVE-2010-2528
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2532)
- Published
- July 30, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2532 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/fcb70f7c12120206d30ad33223ff85be7b226d1c/with/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_icbm.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40699(Vendor Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462873
- http://www.osvdb.org/66506
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=47(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41881
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1887(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2221
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60566
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18359
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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