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CVE-2010-3711

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the...

4.0 MediumFix available

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Exploit likelihood

3.27%Up 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.0

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
CVE-2010-3711
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
CVE-2010-3711
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-3693 No score

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
EUVD-2010-3693
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hc55-4m8w-x8c2 No score

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the...

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
GHSA-hc55-4m8w-x8c2
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
CVE-2010-3711
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711 No score

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1 No score

finch-2.11.0-4.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the finch-2.11.0-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin
Debian:12
 before 2.7.4-1
2.7.4-1
pidgin
Debian:13
 before 2.7.4-1
2.7.4-1
pidgin
Debian:14
 before 2.7.4-1
2.7.4-1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
0:2.6.6-5.el4_8
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
finch
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
finch-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
0:2.6.6-5.el5_5
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-6.el6_0
0:2.6.6-6.el6_0

History

History
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affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-3711 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Pidgin, published October 27, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.27%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.7.4-1.

References

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