Libpurple vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product47 versions
The short answer

Libpurple is made by Pidgin. We track 7 published vulnerabilities in it, across 47 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Libpurple, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Libpurple vulnerabilities are being exploited?

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None of Libpurple's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Libpurple flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. 3.6%

    The irc_msg_who function in msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple 2.8.0 through 2.9.0 in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly validate characters in nicknames, which allows user-assisted remote attackers...

    CVSS4.3Published29 Aug 2011
  2. 3.2%

    The g_markup_escape_text function in the SILC protocol plug-in in libpurple 2.10.0 and earlier, as used in Pidgin and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid...

    CVSS4.3Published4 Nov 2011
  3. 2.7%

    The msn_slp_sip_recv function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and...

    CVSS5.0Published8 Sep 2009
  4. 2.5%

    directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a...

    CVSS4.0Published7 Jan 2011
  5. 2.5%

    The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1, as used in Pidgin before 2.6.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

    CVSS5.0Published8 Sep 2009
  6. 1.9%

    libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC...

    CVSS5.0Published8 Sep 2009
  7. 1.7%

    The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

    CVSS5.0Published8 Sep 2009
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We track 7 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Libpurple, across 47 versions.

None of Libpurple's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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