CVE-2014-0020

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The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC

The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.03531

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

pidgin<= 2.10.7

pidginall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD06 Feb 2014 · 04:10 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
usnUSN-2100-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:0139Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d9be297d399

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5845d9fa7084

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6b0e0566af20

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/7d0fb0c6d8d4

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/9f132a6855cd

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a167504359e5

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=85Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html

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