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CVE-2014-3697

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows a

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.01028
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
pidgin<= 2.10.9
pidginall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.4
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:P/A:P
Published to NVD29 Oct 2014 · 10:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
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References & Sources

4
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/68b8eb10977fPatch
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=89PatchVendor Advisory
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