CVE-2010-3711
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3693)
- Published
- October 28, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3693 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
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- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41893(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41899(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42075
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42294
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208
- http://www.osvdb.org/68773
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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