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CVE-2010-3711

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 c…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PidginPidgin
through 2.7.3
Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References