CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-3696

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-10-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-10-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

nmevent.c in the Novell GroupWise protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted server message that triggers a large memory allocation.

Affected configurations

• pidgin pidgin (<= 2.10.9) • pidgin pidgin 2.10.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.4 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.5 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.6 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.7 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References