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CVE-2010-0013

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

12.5%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
CVE-2010-0013
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
CVE-2010-0013
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0045 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
EUVD-2010-0045
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v6ph-x2c7-6g37 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6...

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
GHSA-v6ph-x2c7-6g37
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
CVE-2010-0013
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-0013 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0013
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 2.6.5-1
2.6.5-1
pidgin
Debian:13
 before 2.6.5-1
2.6.5-1
pidgin
Debian:14
 before 2.6.5-1
2.6.5-1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
0:2.6.5-1.el4.1
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
finch
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
finch-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.5-1.el5
0:2.6.5-1.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBPidgin MSN 2.6.4 - File Download2010-01-19

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2010-0013 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Adium, published January 9, 2010. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.6.5-1.

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