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CVE-2010-0277

Published: Jan 9, 2010Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 18.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed MSNSLP INVITE request in an SLP message, a different issue than CVE-2010-0013.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

adium
oss-project
adiumOn-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
pidgin
oss-projectaka mxit, libpurple
pidginOn-premDesktop App
Communications / messaging-chat
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0277_malformed_msn
blogs.sun.com
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
developer.pidgin.im
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
events.ccc.de
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