{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711","details":"libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.","modified":"2026-09-18T06:47:26.790588794Z","published":"2010-10-28T00:00:03.673Z","upstream":["CVE-2010-3711"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3711"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3711.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}