CVE-2014-3698
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.78% (90th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted XMPP message.
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5.0
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affected products (11)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (21)
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- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ea46ab68f0dccnnvd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=90cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70703cnnvd
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ea46ab68f0dcenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=90enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60741enisa_euvd
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