CVE-2014-3695 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.10, specifically within the MXit protocol plugin's handling of emoticon responses. A remote server could exploit this by sending a large length value, causing the application to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it did receive limited media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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