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CVE-2014-3697

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.

Published

2014-10-29T10:55:04.447

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-22
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application pidgin pidgin ≤ 2.10.9 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.0 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.1 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.2 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.3 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.4 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.5 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.6 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.7 Yes
Application pidgin pidgin 2.10.8 Yes
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