CVE-2014-3697
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-3697- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-3697- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-3643 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2014-3643- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxw5-wrpr-5mpw No score
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wxw5-wrpr-5mpw- Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-3697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Pidgin, published October 29, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.84%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
pidgin.im/news/security?id=89
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html
hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/68b8eb10977f
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3697
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxw5-wrpr-5mpw
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