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CVE-2010-0013

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2010-01-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Affected Platforms

Pidgin PidginRedhat Enterprise LinuxFedoraproject FedoraSuse Linux Enterprise ServerOpensuse OpensuseSuse Linux EnterpriseAdium Adium

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References