CVE-2010-0420
libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
02 Description
libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-02-24 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bad6af5e9aa8aae27c6972da9f0dea9cf376af31591e151154433b5242cb58ef
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-1279http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- www.securityfocus.com38294http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0115https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0413http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
- secunia.com38563http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:085http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-902-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
- secunia.com38640http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0914http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
- secunia.com38658http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18230https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-1934http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1020http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-1383http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- www.osvdb.org62439http://www.osvdb.org/62439
- www.debian.orgDSA-2038http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
- secunia.com38712http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compidgin-xmpp-nickname-dos(56399)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
- pidgin.imhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
- secunia.com39509http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11485https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:041http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
- secunia.com38915http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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