Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 28, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified