Denial of Service Vulnerability in Pidgin's MSN Protocol Plugin
CVE-2010-4528

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Pidgin
Status: Pidgin; Libpurple
Vendor: CVE Published:; 7 January 2011

What is CVE-2010-4528?

The vulnerability in the MSN protocol plugin of Pidgin, specifically in the libpurple library versions 2.7.6 to 2.7.8, allows authenticated remote users to exploit the application by sending a short p2pv2 packet during a DirectConnect session. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service as the application crashes, disrupting connectivity and communication for users.

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