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GHSA-xgwj-qm2p-hcpc
GHSA-xgwj-qm2p-hcpc
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2927 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44774 url
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17972 url
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30971 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31016 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31387 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31642 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32861 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:143 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/04/1 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495818/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29956 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2032/references url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453764 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11695 url
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c url
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