{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3696","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:45:17.913314Z","published":"2014-10-23T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2390-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3696"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3696"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=88"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2390-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3696"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2"}]}],"versions":["1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1","1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"finch"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"finch-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"libpurple-bin"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"libpurple-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"libpurple0"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"pidgin"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"pidgin-data"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2","binary_name":"pidgin-dev"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3696.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}