Vulnerability CVE-2014-3695
Published: 2014-10-29

Description:
markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large length value in an emoticon response.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Pidgin -> Pidgin 

 References:
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6436e14bdb9d
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=87
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
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