VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4528

CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references